Paleobiological implications of a Triceratops bonebed from the Hell Creek Formation, Garfield County, northeastern Montana

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 503, Issue , 2014, Pages 349-364

  Keenan, Sarah W ^a,c   Scannella, John B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b Museum of the Rockies   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 84894289065     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2014.2503(14)     Document Type: Article

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