Synopsis of the Hell Creek (uppermost Cretaceous) dinosaur assemblage

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 361, Issue , 2002, Pages 169-176

  Russell, Dale A ^a   Manabe, Makoto ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; REGIONAL WARMING;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; COASTAL PLAIN; COASTAL ZONE; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; DISPLACEMENT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MAASTRICHTIAN;

EID: 84871331772     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2361-2.169     Document Type: Article

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