Diverse dinosaur-, pterosaur-, and bird-track assemblages from the Hakou Formation, Lower Cretaceous of Gansu Province, northwest China

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-55

  Zhang, Jianping ^a   Li, Daqing ^b   Li, Minglu ^a   Lockley, Martin G ^c   Bai, Z ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b The Third Geological Exploration Institution   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird tracks; Gansu Province; Ornithopod tracks; Pterosaur tracks; Sauropod tracks

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; TRACKWAY;

AVES; BRONTOPODUS; DINOSAURIA; ORNITHOPODA; PTERAICHNUS; SAURISCHIA; SAUROPODA; THEROPODA;

EID: 33644885738     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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