Ichnology of an Extant Belly-Dragging Lizard-Analogies to Early Reptile Locomotion?

Ichnos:an International Journal of Plant and Animal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-43

  Curth, Stefan ^a   Fischer, Martin S ^a   Nyakatura, John A ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Erpetopus; Ichnology; Lizard locomotion; Paleobiology; Paleoichnology; Stride length; Tiliqua scincoides Trackway

Indexed keywords

ICHNOLOGY; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; PALEOBIOLOGY; TRACKWAY;

EID: 84895763301     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: 15635236     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940.2013.877006     Document Type: Article

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