PLIOCENE FOOTPRINTS IN THE LAETOLIL BEDS AT LAETOLI, NORTHERN TANZANIA

被引:280
作者
LEAKEY, MD
HAY, RL
机构
[1] Ngorongoro
[2] Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of California, Berkeley
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D O I
10.1038/278317a0
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Recent excavation of the tuffs of the Laetolil Beds in Tanzania has revealed the presence of a large variety of footprints from the Pliocene. Many of these prints can be correlated with fossilised remains of Pliocene animals found in the same area. © 1979 Nature Publishing Group.
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页码:317 / 323
页数:7
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