Estimating body weight from footprints: Application to pterosaurs

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 299, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 197-199

  Kubo, Tai ^a  

^a Katsuyama   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body weight; Footprints; Pterosaurs

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOOTPRINT; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEONTOLOGY; PTEROSAUR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; TETRAPODA;

EID: 78650591434     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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