Theropod dinosaur and other footprints from the Valtos Sandstone Formation (Bathonian, Middle Jurassic) of the Isle of Skye

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-104

  Marshall, Paul ^a  

^a School Aycliffe   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; FOOTPRINT; JURASSIC;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLAND; SCOTLAND; SKYE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 27744478084     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/sjg41020097     Document Type: Article

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