Dinosaur tracks from the Cedar Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Arches National Park, Utah

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Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 285-293

  Lockley, Martin G ^a   White, Diane ^a   Kirkland, James ^b   Santucci, Vince ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arches National Park; Cedar Mountain Formation; Didactyl tracks; Dromeosaur tracks; Early Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; ICHNOLOGY; TRACKWAY;

ARCHES NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

BRONTOPODUS; DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA; ORNITHOPODA; SAUROPODA; THEROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4644249316     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940490428742     Document Type: Article

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