The kaiparowits formation: A remarkable record of late cretaceous terrestrial environments, ecosystems, and evolution in Western North America

At the Top of the Grand Staircase: The Late Cretaceous of Southern Utah

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 85-106

  Roberts, Eric M ^a   Sampson, Scott D ^b   Deino, Alan L ^c   Bowring, Samuel A ^d   Buchwaldt, Robert ^e  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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