Pterosaur tracks from the early Kimmeridgian intertidal deposits of Wierzbica, Poland

Geological Quarterly

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 339-346

  Pieńkowski, Grzegorz ^a   Niedźwiedzki, Grzegorz ^b  

^a POLISH GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Poland; Pterosaur tracks; Tidal flat; Upper Jurassic

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; JURASSIC; KIMMERIDGIAN; TRACKWAY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MAZOWIECKIE; POLAND; RADOM; WORLD;

PTERAICHNUS;

EID: 27644443386     PISSN: 16417291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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