Redescription of the Late Cretaceous (late Santonian) ammonite Desmosscaphites bassleri Reeside, 1927, from the Western Interior of North America

Rocky Mountain Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 67-94

  Landman, Neil H ^a   Cobann, William A ^a,b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonite; Desmoscaphites; Montana; Ontogeny; Santonian; U.S. Western Interior

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; SANTONIAN; SHELL;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN INTERIOR;

AMMONOIDEA; SCAPHITIDAE;

EID: 38749140683     PISSN: 15557332     EISSN: 15557340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsrocky.42.2.67     Document Type: Article

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