Anatomy of a Jurassic Theropod Trackway from Ardley, Oxfordshire, U.K

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Volumn 10, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 195-207

  Mossman, D J ^a   Bruning R ^a   Powell, H P ^b  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy; Jurassic; Locomotion; Megalosaurus; Paleoichnology; Speed; Trackway

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; JURASSIC; LOCOMOTION; TRACKWAY;

ARDLEY; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; OXFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; SAUROPODA; THEROPODA;

EID: 0742270620     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940390257941     Document Type: Article

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