On the last mosasaurs: Late Maastrichtian mosasaurs and the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary in New Jersey

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-150

  Gallagher, William B ^a   Miller, Kenneth G ^b   Sherrell, Robert M ^b   Browning, James V ^b   Paul Field, M ^b   Olsson, Richard K ^b   Sugarman, Peter J ^c   Tuorto, Steven ^b   Wahyudi, Hendra ^b  

^a RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c New Jersey Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

Cretaceous Paleogene boundary; Iridium; Mosasaurs

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; COASTAL PLAIN; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; CROCODILIAN; EXTINCTION; FOOD WEB; IRIDIUM; LIZARD; MAASTRICHTIAN;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); HALISAURUS PLATYSPONDYLUS; MOSASAURUS;

EID: 84861804725     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.183.2.145     Document Type: Article

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