Cretaceous dinosaurs of Africa: Examples from Cameroon and Malawi

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 595-610

  Jacobs, Louis L ^a   Winkler, Dale A ^a   Gomani, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Cretaceous; Crocodilia; Palaeobiogeography; Sauropoda; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; CROCODILIAN; DINOSAUR; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; SAUROPOD;

CAMEROON, KOUM BASIN; MALAWI, KARONGA;

EID: 0030427346     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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