A Late Triassic dinosaur-dominated ichnofauna from the Tomanová Formation of the Tatra Mountains, Central Europe

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 291-300

  Niedźwiedzki, Grzegorz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

dinosaur tracks; paleoichnology; Poland; Slovakia; Tatra Mountains; Triassic

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; FAUNA; FOSSIL RECORD; ICHNOLOGY; JURASSIC; MORPHOTYPE; OSTEOLOGY; TRACKWAY; TRIASSIC; VERTEBRATE;

CARPATHIANS; POLAND; SLOVAKIA; TATRA MOUNTAINS;

DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA; SAUROPODA; SAUROPODOMORPHA; THEROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79959596424     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2010.0027     Document Type: Article

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