The first record of dinosaurs in the Dalmatian part (Croatia) of the Adriatic-Dinaric carbonate platform (ADCP)

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 735-742

  Mezga, Aleksandar ^a   Meyer, Christian A ^b   Tešović, Blanka Cvetko ^a   Bajraktarević, Zlatan ^a   Gušić, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adriatic Dinaric Carbonate Platform (ADCP); Dalmatia (Croatia); Dinosaur footprints; Palaeogeography; Sauropods; Upper Turonian Lower Coniacian

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CONIACIAN; DINOSAUR; FOOTPRINT; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; MICROFACIES; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; TRACKWAY; TURONIAN;

DALMATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; CONIACIAN; DINOSAURIA; FORAMINIFERA; SAUROPODA;

EID: 33751096786     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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