Diverse tetrapod trackways in the Lower Pennsylvanian Tynemouth Creek Formation, near St. Martins, southern New Brunswick, Canada

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 296, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Falcon Lang, Howard J ^a   Gibling, Martin R ^b   Benton, Michael J ^c   Miller, Randall F ^d   Bashforth, Arden R ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d NEW BRUNSWICK MUSEUM   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amniote; Amphibian; Anthracosaur; Carboniferous; Hylonomus lyelli; Joggins; Nova Scotia; Pennsylvanian; Temnospondyl; Trackway

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CARBONIFEROUS; FOOTPRINT; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; REPTILE; SIZE; TRACKWAY; WETLAND;

CANADA; JOGGINS; NEW BRUNSWICK; NOVA SCOTIA;

AMNIOTA; AMPHIBIA; PSEUDOBRADYPUS; TETRAPODA;

EID: 77956094883     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.06.020     Document Type: Article

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