A CARBONIFEROUS REPTILE FOOTPRINT FROM THE SOMERSET COALFIELD

Authors
MILNER AC
Citation
Ac. Milner, A CARBONIFEROUS REPTILE FOOTPRINT FROM THE SOMERSET COALFIELD, Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 105, 1994, pp. 313-315
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Geology,Paleontology
Journal title
Proceedings of the Geologists' Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
00167878
Volume
105
Year of publication
1994
Part
4
Pages
313 - 315
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-7878(1994)105:<313:ACRFFT>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
An isolated footprint from the Somerset Coalfield is identified as hav ing been made by a pelycosaur, a Palaeozoic mammal-like reptile. It is both the first report of a pelycosaur and the first tetrapod footprin t recorded from the British Westphalian.