Preliminary report on the courtedoux dinosaur tracksite from the Kimmeridgian of Switzerland

Ichnos

Volumn 10, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 209-219

  Marty, Daniel ^a   Hug, Wolfgang A ^a   Iberg, Andreas ^a   Cavin, Lionel ^b   Meyer, Christian A ^c   Lockley, Martin G ^d  

^a Office de la Culture   (Switzerland)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brontopodus; Canton Jura; Dinosaur track; Diplodocoidea; Formation; Megatracksite; Parabrontopodus; Reuchenette; Sauropoda; Switzerland; Theropoda

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; KIMMERIDGIAN; TRACKWAY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; JURA [SWITZERLAND]; SWITZERLAND;

BRONTOPODUS; DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA; THEROPODA;

EID: 0742288024     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940390256212     Document Type: Article

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