Minisauripus-the track of a diminutive dinosaur from the Cretaceous of China and South Korea: implications for stratigraphic correlation and theropod foot morphodynamics

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-130

  Lockley, Martin G ^a   Kim, Jeong Yul ^b   Kim, Kyung Soo ^b   Kim, Sam Hyang ^b   Matsukawa, Masaki ^c   Rihui, Li ^d   Jianjun, Li ^e   Yang, Seong Young ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Korea National University of Education   (South Korea)

^c TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

^e BEIJING MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (China)

^f NONE   (South Korea)

Author keywords

China; Dinosaur footprints; Early Cretaceous; Korea; Minisauripus; Stratigraphic correlation

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOOTPRINT; ICHNOLOGY; MORPHODYNAMICS; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TRACE FOSSIL; TRACKWAY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

DINOSAURIA; EUBRONTES; GRALLATOR; ORNITHISCHIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 39549104691     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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