Context, naming, and formal designation of the Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation lectostratotype, Garfield County, Montana

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 503, Issue , 2014, Pages 89-121

  Hartman, Joseph H ^a   Butler, Raymond D ^a   Weiler, Matthew W ^a   Schumaker, Karew K ^a  

^a University of North Dakota   (United States)

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EID: 84894241719     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2014.2503(02)     Document Type: Article

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