Lavinipes Cheminii Ichnogen., Ichnosp. nov., a possible sauropodomorph track from the lower Jurassic of the Italian Alps

Ichnos

Volumn 10, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 179-193

  Avanzini, Marco ^a   Leonardi, Giuseppe ^a   Mietto, Paolo ^b  

^a MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Geologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dinosaur footprints; Italian Alps; Lower Jurassic; Ornithischian tracks; Otozoum; Suaropod tracks

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; FOOTPRINT; FOSSIL; JURASSIC;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA; SAUROPODA; SAUROPODOMORPHA;

EID: 0742270635     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940390256195     Document Type: Article

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