Manus-only titanosaurid trackway from Fumanya (Maastrichtian, Pyrenees): Further evidence for an underprint origin

Lethaia

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 211-218

  Vila, Bernat ^a,b   Oms, Oriol ^c   Galobart, Àngel ^a  

^a Escola Industrial 23   (Spain)

^b Consorci Ruta Minera ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fumanya tracksite; Manus only trackways; Titanosaurs; Trackway pattern; Underprint; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

TRACE FOSSIL; TRACKWAY;

DINOSAURIA; SALTASAURIDAE; SAUROPODA;

EID: 25144478525     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00241160510013312     Document Type: Article

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