First record of dinosaur trackway from Tibet, China

Geological Bulletin of China

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 173-178

  Xing, Li Da ^a,b   Harris, Jerald D ^c   Currie, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c DIXIE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brontopodus; Changdu Prefecture, Tibet; Early Middle Jurassic; Sauropod trackways; Titanosauriformes

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; JURASSIC; NEW RECORD; TRACE FOSSIL; TRACKWAY;

CHINA; SICHUAN BASIN; XIZANG;

BRONTOPODUS; DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA; TITANOSAURIFORMES;

EID: 84860856648     PISSN: 16712552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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