Jurassic dinosaur footprints from southern Italy: Footprints as indicators of constraints in paleogeographic interpretation

Palaios

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 534-550

  Conti, Maria Alessandra ^a   Morsilli, Michelle ^b   Nicosia, Umberto ^a   Sacchi, Eva ^a   Savino, Vincenzo ^c   Wagensommer, Alexander ^c   Di Maggio, Leonardo ^c   Gianolla, Piero ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c Speleo Club Sperone   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOOTPRINT; ICHNOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 29144536190     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2003.p03-99     Document Type: Article

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