Triassic vertebrate footprints from the Sherwood Sandstone Group, Hilbre, Wirral, northwest England

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 111-132

  King, Michael J ^a,b   Thompson, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOTPRINT; ICHNOLOGY; TRACE FOSSIL; TRACKWAY; VERTEBRATE;

HILBRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WIRRAL;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034009539     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(00)80002-4     Document Type: Article

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