Chirotherium: Fossil footprints of primitive reptiles in the Middle Triassic Guanling Formation, Zhenfeng, Guizhou Province, China

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 468-474

  Lü, Hongbo ^a   Zhang, Yuxu ^b   Xiao, Jiafei ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Chirotherium; Guanling Formation; Guizhou; Middle Triassic; Reptile tracks; Zhenfeng

Indexed keywords

FOOTPRINT; REPTILE; TRACE FOSSIL; TRIASSIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU; WORLD;

EID: 8644273123     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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