New sauropod trackways from the Middle Jurassic of Portugal

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 409-422

  Santos, Vanda F ^a,b   Moratalla, José J ^c   Royo Torres, Rafael ^d  

^a Museu Nacional de Historia Natural Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^d Avenida Sagunto   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dinosauria; Ichno morphotypes; Middle Jurassic; Portugal; Sauropoda; Trackways

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; ICHNOLOGY; JURASSIC; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; TRACKWAY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BRONTOPODUS; DINOSAURIA; OTOZOUM; POLYONYX; SAUROPODA; SAUROPODOMORPHA; TETRASAUROPUS; TITANOSAURIFORMES;

EID: 70349540396     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2008.0049     Document Type: Article

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