A new dinosaur ichnotaxon from the Lower Cretaceous Patuxent Formation of Maryland and Virginia

Ichnos

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 251-259

  Stanford, Ray ^a   Weems, Robert E ^b   Lockley, Martin G ^c  

^a US Geological Survey ^*  (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Coastal Plain; Hypsiloichnus; Hypsilophodon; Hypsilophodontidae; Lower Cretaceous; Maryland; Patuxent Formation; Virginia; Zephyrosaurus

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOOTPRINT; FOSSIL; ICHNOLOGY;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ANIMALIA; DINOSAURIA; HYPSILOPHODONTIDAE; ORNITHISCHIA;

EID: 4644343985     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940490428797     Document Type: Article

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