Triassic footprints from Lerici (La Spezia, Northern Italy)

Ichnos

Volumn 10, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 127-140

  Nicosia, Umberto ^a   Loi, Matteo ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dinosaur footprints; Ichnosystematics; Late Triassic; Prosauropods

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; FOOTPRINT; FOSSIL; NEW TAXON; TRIASSIC;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LA SPEZIA [LIGURIA]; LERICI; LIGURIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

DINOSAURIA; REPTILIA; SAUROPODA;

EID: 0742270636     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940390256203     Document Type: Article

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