Early wasatchian mammals of the red hot local fauna, uppermost tuscahoma formation, Lauderdale County, Mississippi

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 193-243

  Beard, K Christopher ^a   Dawson, Mary R ^a  

^a Section of Vertebrate Paleontology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Eocene; Mammals; Paleobiogeography; Paleocene; Wasatchian

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOTIC FACTOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; ENDEMISM; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; GLOBAL WARMING; MAMMAL; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCENE; PROVINCIALISM;

GULF COASTAL PLAIN; LAUDERDALE COUNTY [MISSISSIPPI]; MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACTITES; DINOPHYCEAE; MAMMALIA; MIACIS; PISCES; SERPENTES;

EID: 71949087718     PISSN: 00974463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2992/007.078.0301     Document Type: Article

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