Crocodile and arthropod tracks from the Late Paleocene Wannagan Creek Fauna of North Dakota, USA

Ichnos:an International Journal of Plant and Animal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 303-308

  Erickson, Bruce R ^a  

^a ST CROIX WATERSHED RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Crocodile and arthropod tracks; Paleocene ichnofossils; Wannagan Creek

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CROCODILIAN; ICHNOLOGY; PALEOCENE; TRACKWAY;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

ALLIGATOR; ARTHROPODA; BOREALOSUCHUS; EUSUCHIA; INVERTEBRATA; PENTAPODUS;

EID: 30344454715     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1042094050031111     Document Type: Article

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