Re-assessment of late Campanian (Kirtlandian) turtles from the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland and Kirtland Formations, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789400743083, 2013, Pages 337-387

  Sullivan, Robert M ^a   Jasinski, Steven E ^a   Lucas, Spencer G ^b  

^a State Museum of Pennsylvania   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruitland formation; Kirkland formation; Late campanian; Late cretaceous; New Mexico; San Juan Basin

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045435919     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4309-0_20     Document Type: Chapter

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