Review of Japanese dinosaur track localities: Implications for ichnotaxonomy, paleogeography and stratigraphic correlation

Ichnos:an International Journal of Plant and Animal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 201-222

  Matsukawa, Masaki ^a   Shibata, Kenichiro ^b   Kukihara, Reiji ^c   Koarai, Kazuto ^d   Lockley, Martin G ^c  

^a TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Keio Shonan Fujisawa Junior & Senior High School   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dinosaur tracks; Ichnotaxonomy; Japan; Paleogeography; Stratigraphic correlation; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; FOOTPRINT; FOSSIL; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TRACKWAY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

DINOSAURIA; ORNITHOPODA; SAUROPODA; THEROPODA;

EID: 27944455959     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940591009231     Document Type: Review

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