Taphonomic and sedimentologic interpretations of the dinosaur-bearing Upper Cretaceous Strata of the Prince Creek Formation, Northern Alaska: Insights from an ancient high-latitude terrestrial ecosystem

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 295, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 376-388

  Fiorillo, Anthony R ^a   McCarthy, Paul J ^b   Flaig, Peter P ^b  

^a Museum of Nature and Science   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Coastal plain; Dinosaurs; High latitude; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

BONE; CAMPANIAN; COASTAL PLAIN; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FLOODPLAIN; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOLATITUDE; PERMAFROST; PREDATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAPHONOMY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TRAMPLING;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

DINOSAURIA;

EID: 77956010753     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.02.029     Document Type: Article

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