Paleoenvironmental interpretations of rare earth element signatures in mosasaurs (reptilia) from the upper Cretaceous Pierre Shale, central South Dakota, USA

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 212, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 277-294

  Patrick, Doreena ^a   Martin, James E ^b   Parris, D C ^c   Grandstaff, D E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b 501 E St Joseph St Rapid C   (United States)

^c New Jersey State Museum   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Cretaceous; DeGrey; Mosasauridae; Paleoenvironments; Pierre Shale; Rare earth elements; Sharon Springs; South Dakota; Verendrye; Water depth; Western Interior Seaway

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; REPTILE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHALE; WATER DEPTH;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

BUBALUS; MOSASAURIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 4544255473     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(04)00315-3     Document Type: Article

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