Giant sauropod tracks from the Middle-Late Jurassic of Zimbabwe in close association with theropod tracks

Lethaia

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 467-470

  Ahmed, Ali Ait Kaci ^a   Lingham Soliar, Theagarten ^b   Broderick, Tim J ^c  

^a Geological Survey of Zimbabwe   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c NONE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOTPRINT; JURASSIC; TRACE FOSSIL;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD; ZIMBABWE;

SAUROPODA; THEROPODA;

EID: 11144272119     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00241160410002162     Document Type: Article

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