Distribution and Stratigraphic Correlation of Upper Paleocene and Lower Eocene Fossil Mammal and Plant Localities of the Fort Union, Willwood, and Tatman Formations, Southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming
Title | Distribution and Stratigraphic Correlation of Upper Paleocene and Lower Eocene Fossil Mammal and Plant Localities of the Fort Union, Willwood, and Tatman Formations, Southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas M. Bown |
Publisher | |
Pages | 120 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Bighorn Basin (Mont. and Wyo.) |
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U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
Title | U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper PDF eBook |
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Pages | 468 |
Release | 1984 |
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New Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey
Title | New Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey PDF eBook |
Author | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
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Pages | 462 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Geology |
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New Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey
Title | New Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey PDF eBook |
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Pages | 92 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Geology |
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Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
Title | Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents PDF eBook |
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Pages | 872 |
Release | 1994-08 |
Genre | Government publications |
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Title | Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications PDF eBook |
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Release | 1994 |
Genre | Government publications |
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Eocene Biodiversity
Title | Eocene Biodiversity PDF eBook |
Author | Gregg F. Gunnell |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 458 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1461512719 |
Initially, this work was designed to document and study the diversification of modern mammalian groups and was quite successful and satisfying. However, as field and laboratory work continued, there began to develop a suspicion that not all of the Eocene story was being told. It became apparent that most fossil samples, especially those from the American West, were derived from similar preservational circumstances and similar depositional settings. A program was initiated to look for other potential sources of fossil samples, either from non-traditional lithologies or from geographic areas that were not typically sampled. As this program of research grew it began to demonstrate that different lithologies and different geographic areas told different stories from those that had been developed based on more typical faunal assemblages. This book is conceived as an introduction to non-traditional Eocene fossils samples, and as a place to document and discuss features of these fossil assemblages that are rare or that come from rarely represented habitats.