A re-evaluation of pachypes, a pareiasaurian track from the late permian

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-94

  Valentini, Mara ^a   Nicosia, Umberto ^a   Conti, Maria Alessandra ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ichnosystematics; Pachypes; Pareiasaurs; Permian; Sukhonopus

Indexed keywords

FOOTPRINT; ICHNOLOGY; PERMIAN; REPTILE; TRACKWAY;

ITALY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

GARDENA; PAREIASAURIA; REPTILIA; TAPINOCEPHALUS;

EID: 77951438169     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2009/0251-0071     Document Type: Article

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