Further material of the ceratosaurian dinosaur Syntarsus from the Elliot Formation (early Jurassic) of South Africa

Palaeontologia Africana

Volumn , Issue 35, 1999, Pages 55-59

  Munyikwa, Darlington ^a,b   Raath, Michael A ^b  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dinosauria; Elliot Formation; Jurassic; Stormberg; Theropoda

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; JURASSIC;

SOUTH AFRICA;

DIASTEMA; DINOSAURIA; REPTILIA; SYNTARSUS; THEROPODA;

EID: 0033509105     PISSN: 00788554     EISSN: 24104418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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