Taphonomy of debris-flow hosted dinosaur bonebeds at Dalton Wells, Utah (Lower Cretaceous, Cedar Mountain Formation, USA)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 280, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-22

  Britt, Brooks B ^a   Eberth, David A ^b   Scheetz, Rod D ^a   Greenhalgh, Brent W ^c   Stadtman, Kenneth L ^a  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

^b ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

^c Questar Market Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonebed; Cedar Mountain Formation; Debris flow; Dinosaur; Early Cretaceous; Taphonomy; Utah

Indexed keywords

BIOCOENOSIS; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BONE; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; ONTOGENY; PALEOBIOLOGY; SKELETON; TAPHONOMY; TRAMPLING;

ANKYLOSAURIDAE; CAMARASAURIDAE; DINOSAURIA; GASTONIA; HEXAPODA; IGUANODONTIDAE; MACRONARIA; ORNITHOMIMIDAE; REPTILIA; SAUROPODA; THEROPODA;

EID: 68749091097     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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