First evidence of an ankylosaur (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) in South America

Ameghiniana

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 367-371

  Salgado, Leonardo ^a   Coria, Rodolfo Aníbal ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^b Museo Carmen Funes   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Allen Formation; Ankylosauria; Argentina; Dinosauria; Late Cretaceous; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOSAURIA; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; NODOSAURIDAE;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030390310     PISSN: 00027014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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