Dinosaur footprints from the Upper Jurassic of Błaziny, Poland

• Autorzy: Gierliński G. , Niedźwiedzki G.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

New dinosaur tracks are reported from the Late Jurassic platform carbonates of Poland. Footprints discovered in a new tracksite of Błaziny resemble large theropod ichnite of Megalosauripus sensu Lockley et al., 1998 and sauropod tracks of Brontopodus Farlow et al., 1989.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Poland; Late Jurassic; theropoda; Sauropoda; tracks

• Wydawca: Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
• Czasopismo: Geological Quarterly
• Rocznik: 2002
• Tom: Vol. 46, No 4
• Strony: 463--466
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 12 poz., fot.

Twórcy

autor

Gierliński G.

• Polish Geological Institute, ul. Rakowiecka 4, PL-00-975 Warszawa, Poland

autor

Niedźwiedzki G.

• Department of Biology, Warsaw University, ul. Miecznikowa 1, PL-02-096 Warszawa, Poland

Bibliografia

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