The oldest Late Triassic footprint assemblage from North America (Pekin Formation, Deep River Basin, North Carolina, USA)

Southeastern Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 77-90

  Olsen, Paul E ^a   Huber, Phillip ^b  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOTPRINT; ICHNOLOGY; REPTILE; TRIASSIC;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032469301     PISSN: 00383678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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