Dinosaur burrows in the Otway Group (Albian) of Victoria, Australia, and their relation to Cretaceous polar environments

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1223-1237

  Martin, Anthony J ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burrow; Dinosauria; Hibernation; Ichnology; Polar environment; Trace fossil

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; BURROW; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL RECORD; HIBERNATION; ICHNOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; TRACE FOSSIL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

DINOSAURIA; HYPSILOPHODONTIDAE; ORNITHOPODA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 70249150654     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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