Feathers of the ingersoll shale, eutaw formation (Upper Cretaceous), Eastern Alabama: The largest collection of feathers from north american mesozoic rocks

Palaios

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 364-376

  Knight, Terrell K ^a   Bingham, P Sean ^a   Lewis, Ronald D ^a   Savrda, Charles E ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COLOR; CRETACEOUS; DELTA; DIAGENESIS; DINOSAUR; FEATHER; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GEOACCUMULATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; MUDSTONE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHALE; TIDAL CHANNEL; WADER;

ALABAMA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOSAURIA; DROMAEOSAURIDAE; HESPERORNITHIDAE; THEROPODA;

EID: 79959287086     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2010.p10-091r     Document Type: Article

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