A new pterosaur tracksite from the jurassic summerville formation, near Ferron, Utah

Ichnos

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 125-142

  Mickelson, Debra L ^a   Lockley, Martin G ^b   Bishop, John ^c   Kirkland, James ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c MARIETTA COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pterosaur tracks; Summerville formation; Upper Jurassic; Utah

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; ICHNOLOGY; JURASSIC; TRACKWAY;

FERRON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

PTERODACTYLOIDEA; SAURISCHIA; THEROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3042798016     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940490445437     Document Type: Article

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