A new crested maniraptoran dinosaur from the Santana Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Brazil

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-8

  Martill, D M ^a   Cruickshank, A R I ^b   Frey, E ^c   Small, P G ^d   Clarke, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Staatliches Mus F Naturkunde K   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Brazil; Dinosaurs; Lower Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; IRRITATOR CHALLENGERI; MANIRAPTORAN; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PISCOVORE; SANTANA FORMATION;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0029749894     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.153.1.0005     Document Type: Article

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