Dinosaur-bearing oncoids from ephemeral lakes of the Lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah

Palaios

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 51-58

  Shapiro, Russell S ^a   Fricke, Henry C ^b   Fox, Kelly ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology   (United States)

^c St Johns University School of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EPHEMERAL LAKE; FACIES ANALYSIS; FOSSIL RECORD; ONCOLITE; PETROGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; STROMATOLITE;

CEDAR MOUNTAIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOSAURIA;

EID: 60649087548     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2008.p08-013r     Document Type: Article

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