The oldest evidence of a sauropod dinosaur in the western United States and other important vertebrate trackways from Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah

Ichnos

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 169-181

  Foster, John R ^a   Hamblin, Alden H ^b   Lockley, Martin G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Utah State Parks   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinle Formation; Entrada Sandstone; Phytosaurs; Sauropoda; Tracks

Indexed keywords

BRONTOPODUS; DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA; THEROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

DINOSAUR; JURASSIC; TRACKWAY; TRIASSIC;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033784993     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940009380158     Document Type: Article

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