Megaherbivorous dinosaur turnover in the Dinosaur Park Formation (upper Campanian) of Alberta, Canada

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 350-352, Issue , 2012, Pages 124-138

  Mallon, Jordan C ^a   Evans, David C ^b   Ryan, Michael J ^c   Anderson, Jason S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankylosauria; Biostratigraphy; Ceratopsidae; Dinosaur Park Formation; Hadrosauridae; Palaeoecology; Turnover pulse

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMPANIAN; DINOSAUR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HERBIVORE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOMORPH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY; TRANSGRESSION; TURNOVER;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

ANKYLOSAURIA; CERATOPSIDAE; DINOSAURIA; HADROSAURIDAE;

EID: 84864542906     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.06.024     Document Type: Article

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