A polar dinosaur-track assemblage from the eumeralla formation (albian), victoria, australia

Alcheringa

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-188

  Martin, Anthony J ^a,c   Rich, Thomas H ^a   Hall, Michael ^b,c   Vickers Rich, Patricia ^c   Vazquez Prokopec, Gonzalo ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Footprints; Ornithopods; Otway Basin; Polar fauna; Theropods; Trackway

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; DINOSAUR; FAUNA; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FOOTPRINT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; POLAR REGION; TRACKWAY;

AUSTRALIA; OTWAY BASIN; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

DINOSAURIA; ORNITHOPODA; THEROPODA;

EID: 84866899985     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2011.597564     Document Type: Article

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