A revised life table and survivorship curve for albertosaurus sarcophagus based on the dry island mass death assemblage

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1269-1275

  Erickson, Gregory M ^a,b   Currie, Philip J ^c   Inouye, Brian D ^a   Winn, Alice A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 78149245512     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: 14803313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E10-051     Document Type: Article

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