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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793906703321

Autore

Ostrom John H.

Titolo

Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Cloverly formation (lower cretaceous) of the Bighorn basin area, Wyoming and Montana / / John H. Ostrom

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven ; ; London : , : Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University : , : Yale University Press, , 2020

©2005

ISBN

1-933789-43-3

Edizione

[Fiftieth anniversary edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (354 pages)

Disciplina

551.77094771

Soggetti

Paleontology - Cretaceous

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- CHARTS -- PLATES -- LOCALITY MAPS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. STRATIGRAPHY -- 3. STRATIGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF FOSSIL VERTEBRATES -- 4. SYSTEMATIC PALEONTOLOGY -- 5. FAUNAL COMPARISONS -- 6. AGE OF THE CLOVERLY FORMATION -- REFERENCES CITED -- APPENDIX A: MEASURED SECTIONS -- APPENDIX B: LOCALITY REGISTER AND MAPS

Sommario/riassunto

The fiftieth anniversary edition of a landmark publication showcasing prehistoric North American landscapes and ecosystems, from a celebrated paleontologist at Yale University’s Peabody Museum The fiftieth anniversary edition of John H. Ostrom’s Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Cloverly Formation revisits his groundbreaking work pinpointing the age of the continental sequence of the Bighorn Basin area in Wyoming and Montana. The Cloverly Formation is important for understanding the development of North American terrestrial landscapes and prehistoric ecosystems, and current investigations are reinterpreting the age of the Formation with new evidence and data. The reissue of Ostrom’s original benchmark research offers contemporary relevance for researchers and students today.