Well-preserved theropod tracks from the Upper Cretaceous of Hwasun County, southwestern South Korea, and their paleobiological implications

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 123-138

  Huh, Min ^a   Paik, In Sung ^b   Lockley, Martin G ^c   Hwang, Koo Geun ^a   Kim, Bo Seong ^a   Kwak, Se Keon ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Gait habitude; Neungju Group; Theropod tracks

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; PALEOBIOLOGY; TRACKWAY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

DINOSAURIA; MAGNOAVIPES; THEROPODA;

EID: 33644913961     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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