History of paleontology at the Florissant fossil beds, Colorado

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 435, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-18

  Veatch, Steven W ^a   Meyer, Herbert W ^b  

^a EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Florissant; H.D. MacGinitie; History of paleontology; L. Lesquereux; S.H. Scudder; T.D.A. Cockerell

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SURVEYS;

FLORISSANT; H.D. MACGINITIE; L. LESQUEREUX; S.H. SCUDDER; T.D.A. COCKERELL;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; INSECT; NEW TAXON; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PLANT; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; HEXAPODA; MOLLUSCA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 75349086957     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.2435(01)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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