Age of the pterosaur and web-footed bird tracks associated with dinosaur footprints from South Korea

Island Arc

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-131

  Kim, Cheong Bin ^a   Huh, Min ^b   Cheong, Chang Sik ^c   Lockley, Martin G ^d   Chang, Ho Wan ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cenomanian to Campanian; Cretaceous Uhangri Formation; Dinosaur tracks; Pterosaur; Rb Sr age; Web footed bird

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BLACK SHALE; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; TRACKWAY;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 0038300731     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1738.2003.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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