Eocene bird and mammal tracks from the Karaj Formation, Tarom Mountains, northwestern Iran

Ichnos

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 349-356

  Abbassi, Nasrollah ^a   Lockley, Martin G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZANJAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Eocene; Ichnology; Iran; Karaj Formation; Vertebrate tracks

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EOCENE; FOSSIL; ICHNOLOGY; MAMMAL; TRACKWAY;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; TAROM MOUNTAINS; ZANJAN;

AVES; DINOCERATA; MAMMALIA; PANTODONTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4644262896     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940490428689     Document Type: Article

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