New dinosaur footprints from the Upper Jurassic of northern Chile;Nuevas huellas de dinosaurios del Jurásico Superior en el norte de Chile

Ameghiniana

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 535-543

  Moreno, Karen ^a   Blanco, Nicolás ^b   Tomlinson, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Calama; Chile; Dinosaur footprints; Paleoichnology; San Salvador Formation; Upper Jurassic

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; FOOTPRINT; ICHNOLOGY; JURASSIC;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14844353170     PISSN: 00027014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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