Direct and indirect track features: What sediment did a dinosaur track?

Ichnos

Volumn 10, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 91-98

  Gatesy, Stephen M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinosaur track; Locomotion; True tracks

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; LOCOMOTION; TRACKWAY; TRIASSIC;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; JAMESON LAND;

DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 0742305127     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940390255484     Document Type: Article

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