Bird tracks from the upper cretaceous cantwell formation of denali national park, alaska, USA: A new perspective on ancient northern polar vertebrate biodiversity

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-49

  Fiorillo, Anthony R ^a   Hasiotis, Stephen T ^b   Kobayashi, Yoshitsugu ^c   Breithaupt, Brent H ^d   McCarthye, Paul J ^e  

^a Museum of Nature and Science   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d University of Alaska Fairbanks ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; Beringia; High latitude; Ichnology; Sub Arctic

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; ICHNOLOGY; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LATITUDE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POLAR REGION; POLLEN; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEDIMENTATION; SENONIAN;

ALASKA; DENALI NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; GRUS CANADENSIS; INVERTEBRATA; MAGNOAVIPES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77958473182     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2010.509356     Document Type: Conference Paper

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