A giant coelophysoid (Ceratosauria) theropod from the upper triassic of New Mexico, USA

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-208

  Carpenter, Kenneth ^a  

^a Denver Museum Natural History   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; DINOSAUR; PALEONTOLOGY; SKELETON; TRIASSIC;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0010506294     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/205/1997/189     Document Type: Article

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