On the tracks of the earliest dinosaurs: Implications for the hypothesis of dinosaurian monophyly

Alcheringa

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 273-311

  Thulborn, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dinosaurs; Footprints; Phylogeny; Triassic

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; FOOTPRINT; ICHNOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TRACKWAY; TRIASSIC;

DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA; REPTILIA; SAUROPODOMORPHA; THECODONTIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 33750558740     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510608619318     Document Type: Article

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