Middle Triassic archosaur population structure: Interpretation based on Isochirotherium delicatum fossil footprints (Southern Alps, Italy)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 185, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 391-402

  Avanzini, Marco ^a   Lockley, Martin ^b  

^a MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Archosaur; Footprint; Middle Triassic; Sexual dimorphism; Social group

Indexed keywords

FOOTPRINT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRACKWAY; TRIASSIC;

ITALY;

ANISIA;

EID: 0037106142     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(02)00441-8     Document Type: Article

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