The beginning of the sauropod dinosaur hiatus in North America: Insights from the Lower Cretaceous Cloverly Formation of Wyoming

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 883-902

  Demic, Michael D ^a   Foreman, Brady Z ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TAPHONOMY;

UNITED STATES; WESTERN INTERIOR; WYOMING;

BRACHIOSAURIDAE; DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA; PROTELES; SAUROPODA; TITANOSAURIFORMES;

EID: 84863561540     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2012.671204     Document Type: Article

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