Early Eocene mammals from the Driftwood Creek beds, Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park, northern British Columbia

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 739-746

  Eberle, Jaelyn J ^a   Rybczynski, Natalia ^b   Greenwood, David R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^c BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; CENOZOIC; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MAMMAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; RADIOMETRIC SURVEY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; DRIFTWOOD CANYON; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

EID: 84904007416     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2014.838175     Document Type: Article

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