Ichnofaunas from the triassic-jurassic boundary sequences of the gateway area, Western Colorado:Implications for faunal composition and correlations with other areas

Ichnos

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 89-102

  Lockley, Martin G ^a   Lucas, Spencer G ^b   Hunt, Adrian P ^b   Gaston, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science   (United States)

^c Gaston Design Studio   (United States)

Author keywords

Mammal tracks; Synapsid tracks; Triassic jurrasic boundary; Wingate formation

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FOOTPRINT; ICHNOLOGY; JURASSIC; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC;

COLORADO; DOLORES COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BRACHYCHIROTHERIUM; EUBRONTES; MAMMALIA; SYNAPSIDA; THEROPODA;

EID: 3042540518     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940490442331     Document Type: Article

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