Biostratigraphic and biogeographic implications of a hadrosaurid (Ornithopoda: Dinosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous Almond Formation of Wyoming, USA

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1157-1163

  Gates, T A ^a,b   Farke, A A ^c  

^a LAKE FOREST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Raymond M Alf Museum of Paleontology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Biostratigraphy; Campanian Dinosaur; Maastrichtian; Mesaverde Group; Western Interior Basin

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMPANIAN; DINOSAUR; MAASTRICHTIAN; NEW GENUS; TAXONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN INTERIOR; WYOMING;

AMMONOIDEA; CERATOPSIA; DINOSAURIA; HADROSAURIDAE; ORNITHOPODA; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 70249136103     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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