Some observations on trackway evidence for gregarious behavior among small bipedal dinosaurs

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 25-31

  Lockley, Martin G ^a   Matsukawa, Masaki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dinosaurs; Gregariousness; Parallel trackways; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRACKWAY;

EID: 0033563801     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00005-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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