Tetrapod burrows from the Triassic of Antarctica

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 277-284

  Sidor, Christian A ^a   Miller, Molly F ^b   Isbell, John L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURROW; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEONTOLOGY; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TETRAPOD; TRACE FOSSIL; TRIASSIC;

ANTARCTICA; BEARDMORE GLACIER; EAST ANTARCTICA; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS; VICTORIA LAND; WAHL GLACIER;

TETRAPODA; THRINAXODON LIORHINUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 47249102936     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[277:TBFTTO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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