New latest cretaceous mammals from northeastern colorado with biochronologic and biogeographic implications

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 499-520

  Wilson, Gregory P ^a   Dechesne, Marieke ^b   Anderson, Ingrid R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHRONOLOGY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; FAUNA; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TAXONOMY;

COLORADO; PAWNEE NATIONAL GRASSLAND; UNITED STATES; WELD COUNTY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77952276928     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724631003620955     Document Type: Article

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