Amphibian, reptilian, and avian remains from the Fox Hills Formation (Maastrichtian): Shoreline and estuarine deposits of the Pierre Sea in south-central North Dakota

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 427, Issue , 2007, Pages 239-256

  Hoganson, John W ^a   Erickson, J Mark ^b   Holland Jr , F D ^c  

^a North Dakota Geological Survey   (United States)

^b ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of North Dakota   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Birds; Dakota Isthmus; Fox Hills Formation; Maastrichtian; North Dakota; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; DEPOSITS; ECOSYSTEMS; FISH;

AMPHIBIANS; DAKOTA ISTHMUS; FOX HILLS FORMATION; MAASTRICHTIAN; NORTH DAKOTA; REPTILES;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS;

AMPHIBIAN; CRETACEOUS; FACIES; FAUNA; FISH; MAASTRICHTIAN; PREDATOR; SHORELINE; SWIMMING; TAXONOMY; TURTLE; VERTEBRATE;

NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN INTERIOR;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ASPIDERETES; AVES; DINOSAURIA; MOSASAURUS; REPTILIA; SALAMANDROIDEA; TESTUDINES; TOXOCHELYIDAE; TRIONYCHIDAE; TYRANNOSAURUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 75749093077     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2427(18)     Document Type: Article

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