Pteranodon (Reptilia: Pterosauria): Stratigraphic distribution and taphonomy in the lower Pierre Shale Group (Campanian), western South Dakota and eastern Wyoming

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 427, Issue , 2007, Pages 215-225

  Hargrave, Jennifer E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pierre Shale Group; Pteranodon; Stratigraphy; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE; STRATIGRAPHY;

MUSCLE MASS; PIERRE SHALE GROUP; PROTECTIVE LAYERS; PTERANODON; REPTILIA; SOUTH DAKOTAS; TAPHONOMY; WYOMING;

SHALE;

ABUNDANCE; CAMPANIAN; CRETACEOUS; FISH; MEMBRANE; MUSCLE; NUTRIENT; REPTILE; SHALE; TAPHONOMY; WING;

SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

ENCHODUS; PTERANODON; PTEROSAURIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 61849161110     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2427(16)     Document Type: Article

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