Taphonomy and paleoecology of a bonebed from the prince creek formation, North Slope, Alaska

Palaios

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 299-317

  Gangloff, Roland A ^a   Fiorillo, Anthony R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Museum of Nature and Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; DENTITION; DINOSAUR; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MASS MORTALITY; MUDSTONE; OVERBANK FLOW; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOFLOOD; PALYNOMORPH; POLAR REGION; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAPHONOMY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ALASKA; NORTH SLOPE; UNITED STATES;

DINOSAURIA; HADROSAURIDAE; THEROPODA;

EID: 77951533728     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2009.p09-103r     Document Type: Article

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