The first pterosaur trackways from Japan

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 263-273

  Lee, Yuong Nam ^a   Azuma, Yoichi ^b   Lee, Hang Jae ^a   Shibata, Masateru ^b   Lü, Junchang ^c  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^b Katsuyama   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Japan; Kitadani Formation; Lower Cretaceous; Pteraichnus nipponensis; Pterosaur tracks

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BODY MASS; CRETACEOUS; ICHNOFACIES; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; PTEROSAUR; SKELETAL REMAINS; TRACKWAY;

JAPAN; KOREA; SPAIN;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; DINOSAURIA; PTERAICHNUS; PTERODACTYLOIDEA;

EID: 75849164692     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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