Taphonomy of the mother's day quarry, upper Jurassic Morrision Formation south-central Montana, USA

Palaios

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 651-666

  Myers, Timothy S ^a,b   Storrs, Glenn W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cincinnati Museum Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; JURASSIC; PRESERVATION; QUARRY; TAPHONOMY;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA;

EID: 36348975118     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2005.p05-123r     Document Type: Article

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