Faunal assemblages from the upper horseshoe canyon formation, an early maastrichtian cool-climate assemblage from alberta, with special reference to the albertosaurus sarcophagus bonebed

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1159-1181

  Larson, Derek W ^a   Brinkman, Donald B ^b   Bell, Phil R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

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EID: 78149262033     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: 14803313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E10-005     Document Type: Article

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