Temporal changes within the latest Cretaceous and early Paleogene turtle faunas of northeastern Montana

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 503, Issue , 2014, Pages 299-312

  Holroyd, Patricia A ^a   Wilson, Gregory P ^b   Hutchison, J Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84894267482     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2014.2503(11)     Document Type: Article

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