A preliminary account of a new tyrannosauroid theropod from the Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous) of southern England

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 227-242

  Hutt, Stephen ^a   Naish, Darren ^b   Martill, David M ^b   Barker, Michael J ^b   Newbery, Penny ^a  

^a Museum of Isle of Wight Geology   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dinosauria; Early Cretaceous; England; Gen. Nov; Isle of Wight; Sp. Nov; Theropoda; Wealden Group

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; PHYLOGENY;

ENGLAND (ISLE OF WIGHT); UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; COELUROSAURIA; DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA; TYRANNOSAURIDAE; TYRANNOSAUROIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035007428     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.2001.0252     Document Type: Article

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