Coprolites from the pipe creek sinkhole (Late Neogene, Grant County, Indiana, U.S.A.)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 959-969

  Farlow, James O ^a   Chin, Karen ^b   Argast, Anne ^a   Poppy, Sean ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; CANID; CARNIVORE; COPROLITE; FOSSIL RECORD; NEOGENE; PRESERVATION; SINKHOLE; TOOTH; TRACE FOSSIL;

GRANT COUNTY [INDIANA]; INDIANA; PIPE CREEK SINKHOLE; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77953744595     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724631003762906     Document Type: Article

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