Discovery of dinosaur footprints from the Lower Jurassic Lufeng Formation of Yunnan Province, China and new observations on Changpeipus

Geological Bulletin of China

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-29

  Xing, Li Da ^a,b   Jerald, D Harris ^c   Sekiya, Torn ^d   Fujita, Masato ^e   Dong, Zhi Ming ^b,f  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b Lufeng Dinosaur Museum   (China)

^c DIXIE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Toyama Prefecture   (Japan)

^f INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Changpeipus; Kayentapus; Lower Jurassic Lufeng Formation; Lufeng County, Yunnan Province

Indexed keywords

DINOSAURIA;

EID: 76149101214     PISSN: 16712552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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