Arcticanodon dawsonae, a primitive new palaeanodont from the lower Eocene of Ellesmere Island, Canadian High Arctic

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 757-763

  Rose, Kenneth D ^a   Eberle, Jaelyn J ^b   McKenna, Malcolm C ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; SEDIMENTS;

MARGARET FORMATION; PALAEANODONT;

EARTH SCIENCES;

EOCENE; FOSSIL; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 4043135100     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e04-019     Document Type: Article

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