New interpretations of Ignotornis, the first-reported Mesozoic avian footprints: implications for the paleoecology and behavior of an enigmatic Cretaceous bird

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1041-1061

  Lockley, Martin ^a   Chin, Karen ^b   Houck, Karen ^a   Matsukawa, Masaki ^c   Kukihara, Reiji ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bird footprints; Colorado; Cretaceous; Dakota Group

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CRETACEOUS; FOOTPRINT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; ICHNOLOGY; NEW RECORD; PALEOECOLOGY; TRACKWAY; WADER;

COLORADO; GOLDEN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALLIGATOR; ARDEIDAE; AVES; CHARADRIIDAE; DINOSAURIA; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 67349156422     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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