Early triassic archosaur-dominated footprint assemblage from the argana basin (Western High Atlas, Morocco)

Ichnos:an International Journal of Plant and Animal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 215-227

  Klein, Hendrik ^a   Voigt, Sebastian ^b   Hminna, Abdelkbir ^c   Saber, Hafid ^c   Schneider, J̈org ^b   Hmich, Driss ^c  

^a Saurierwelt Museum   (Germany)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Northern Africa; Protochirotherium; Red beds; Synaptichnium; Tetrapod footprints

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOOTPRINT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; ICHNOLOGY; TETRAPOD; TRACKWAY; TRIASSIC;

ARGANA BASIN; EUROPE; GUELMIM-ES SMARA; MOROCCO;

ANISIA; ARCHOSAUROMORPHA; CHIROTHERIUM; LACERTOIDEA; RHYNCHOSAUROIDES; SYNAPTICHNIUM; TETRAPODA;

EID: 77956600484     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: 15635236     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940.2010.510030     Document Type: Article

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