A reinterpretation of dinosaur footprints with internal ridges from the Upper Cretaceous Uhangri Formation, Korea

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 258, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 59-70

  Hwang, Koo Geun ^a   Lockley, Martin G ^b   Huh, Min ^a   Paik, In Sung ^c  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Footprint; Internal ridge; Korea; Ornithopod; Swimming

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOOTPRINT; RECONSTRUCTION; SWIMMING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; ORNITHOPODA; SAUROPODA;

EID: 38649098773     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.10.029     Document Type: Article

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