Significance of polar dinosaurs in Gondwana

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 711-717

  Rich, Thomas H ^a  

^a MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dinosaurs; Early cretaceous; Labyrinthodonts; Palaeoclimate; Southeastern Australia

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; LAYBRINTHODONT; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; POLAR ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030427981     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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