New data on spinosaurid dinosaurs from the early Cretaceous of the Sahara

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 327, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 347-353

  Taquet, Philippe ^a   Russell, Dale A ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Albian; Algeria; Aptian; Dinosaur; Morocco; Niger; Theropoda; Vertebrata

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; PHYSIOLOGY;

AFRICA; SAHARA;

ALBIA; DINOSAURIA; REPTILIA; THEROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032172958     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(98)80054-2     Document Type: Article

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