Dinosaur origins: Evidence from the footprint record

Historical Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-91

  Marsicano, Claudia A ^a   Domnanovich, Nadia S ^a   Mancuso, Adriana C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Dinosauria; Footprints; Los Rastros Formation; Triassic

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; FOOTPRINT; FOSSIL RECORD; ICHNOLOGY; TRACKWAY; TRIASSIC;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA; SAURISCHIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 34247251292     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: 10292381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912960600866920     Document Type: Article

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