A pterosaur manus track from Denali National Park, Alaska Range, Alaska, United States

Palaios

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 466-472

  Fiorillo, Anthony R ^a   Hasiotis, Stephen T ^b   Kobayashi, Yoshitsugu ^c   Tomsich, Carla Susanne ^d  

^a Museum of Nature and Science   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNELIZATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FERN; FLOODPLAIN; NEW RECORD;

ALASKA; DENALI NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; EQUISETALES; FILICOPHYTA; REPTILIA;

EID: 77952110748     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2008.p08-129r     Document Type: Article

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