Turtle tracks from the late Jurassic of Asturias, Spain

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 743-755

  Avanzini, Marco ^a   Garcia Ramos, José Carlos ^b,c   Lires, José ^c   Menegon, Michele ^a   Piñuela, Laura ^b,c   Fernández, Luis Alfonso ^c  

^a MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^b Museo del Jurasico de Asturias   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asturias; Experimental ichnology; Gait pattern; Jurassic; Testudines; Turtle tracks

Indexed keywords

ICHNOLOGY; JURASSIC; TRACKWAY; TURTLE;

ASTURIAS; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

DINOSAURIA; TESTUDINES; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 29144452916     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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