The age, fauna and palaeoenvironment of the Late Triassic fissure deposits of Tytherington, South Gloucestershire, UK

Geological Magazine

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-147

  Whiteside, D I ^a   Marshall, J E A ^b  

^a University of Southampton ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dinosaurs; Fissures; Islands; Palynomorphs; Reptiles; Rhaetian; Transgression

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; LIME;

DINOSAURS; FISSURES; ISLANDS; PALYNOMORPHS; REPTILES; RHAETIAN; TRANSGRESSION;

ANIMALS;

AGE; DINOSAUR; FAUNA; FISSURE; JURASSIC; LIMESTONE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOMORPH; REPTILE; TRANSGRESSION; TRIASSIC;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

DINOSAURIA; REPTILIA; SAUROPSIDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 38749093788     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756807003925     Document Type: Article

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