Dinosaurs and other tetrapods in an Early Cretaceous bauxite-filled fissure, northwestern Romania

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 130, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 275-292

  Benton, M J ^a   Cook, E ^a   Grigorescu, D ^b   Popa, E ^c   Tallodi E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c Tarii Crisurilor Museum   (Romania)

Author keywords

Bauxite; Cretaceous; Dinosaur; Palaeokarst; Pterosaur; Wealden

Indexed keywords

AVES; DINOSAURIA; ORNITHOPODA; SAUROPODA; TETRAPODA; THEROPODA; TITHONIA;

BAUXITE; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FISSURE; KARST; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY;

ROMANIA, ORADEA, CORNET;

EID: 0030617518     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00151-4     Document Type: Article

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