Probable relationships between the lower jurassic crocodilomorph trackways Batrachopus and Selenichus: Evidence and implications based on new finds from the St. George area southwestern Utah

Ichnos

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 143-149

  Lockley, Martin G ^a   Kirkland, James ^b   Milner, Andrew R C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c City of St George   (United States)

Author keywords

Batrachopus; Crocodilomorph tracks; Lower Jurassic

Indexed keywords

CROCODILIAN; ICHNOLOGY; JURASSIC; TRACKWAY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

BATRACHOPUS;

EID: 3042633488     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940490442340     Document Type: Article

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