Geological ages of dinosaur-track-bearing formations in China

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-32

  Chen, Pei Ji ^a   Li, Jianjun ^b   Matsukawa, Masaki ^c   Zhang, Haichun ^a   Wang, Qifei ^a   Lockley, Martin G ^d  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (China)

^c TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Dinosaur tracks; Geologic age; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; TRACKWAY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

DINOSAURIA; INVERTEBRATA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33644925843     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2005.10.008     Document Type: Article

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