The Chadronian mammalian fauna of the Florissant Formation, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 435, Issue , 2008, Pages 117-126

  Lloyd, Karen J ^a   Worley Georg, Marie P ^a   Eberle, Jaelyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chadronian; Colorado; Eocene; Florissant; Mammals

Indexed keywords

CHADRONIAN; COLORADO; EOCENE; FLORISSANT; GEOGRAPHIC RANGES; HIGH ELEVATION; LATE EOCENE; WOODLAND HABITAT;

MAMMALS;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FAUNA; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT USE; ISOLATED POPULATION; MAMMAL; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY; WETLAND; WOODLAND;

COLORADO; NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EOMYIDAE; LAGOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; PROTOCERATIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 75249096858     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.2435(08)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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