New ichnotaxa of mammal and reptile tracks from the Upper Paleocene of Alberta

Ichnos

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 323-339

  McCrea, Richard T ^a   Pemberton, S George ^a   Currie, Philip J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crocodylian trackway; Mammal trackway; Paskapoo Formation; Porcupine Hills Formation; Upper Paleocene

Indexed keywords

CROCODILIAN; FOSSIL; ICHNOLOGY; MAMMAL; PALEOCENE; REPTILE; TRACKWAY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; RED DEER RIVER;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); ERETHIZON DORSATUM; LORIS; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4644257631     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940490442313     Document Type: Article

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