Dinosaurs of Alaska: Implications for the Cretaceous origin of Beringia

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 442, Issue , 2008, Pages 313-326

  Fiorillo, Anthony R ^a  

^a Museum of Nature and Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Beringia; Cretaceous; Dinosaurs

Indexed keywords

SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

ALASKA; BERINGIA; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAURS; GEOGRAPHIC PATTERN; GEOLOGIC HISTORY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PARALLEL PATTERNS;

ANIMALS;

ACCRETION; BERINGIA; BIOTA; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; ECOSYSTEM; FAUNA; FLORA; FOSSIL; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TERRANE;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHEAST ASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

DINOSAURIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 75249084049     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.442(15)     Document Type: Article

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