Mammalian extinction, survival, and recovery dynamics across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary in northeastern Montana, USA

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 503, Issue , 2014, Pages 365-392

  Wilson, Gregory P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84894263638     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2014.2503(15)     Document Type: Article

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