The Late Triassic (Norian) Adamanian-Revueltian tetrapod faunal transition in the Chinle Formation of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 231-260

  Parker, William G ^a   Martz, Jeffrey W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochronology; biostratigraphy; extinction; Manicouagan; Sonsela Member

Indexed keywords

BIOCHRONOLOGY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; EXTINCTION; FAUNA; FLORA; FOSSIL RECORD; PALYNOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TETRAPOD; TRIASSIC; UNCONFORMITY;

ARIZONA; PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

DINOSAURIA; DINOSAUROMORPHA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79959458089     PISSN: 17556910     EISSN: 17556929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755691011020020     Document Type: Article

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