A new close relative of carnotaurus sastrei bonaparte 1985 (theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the late cretaceous of patagonia

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 460-465

  Coria, Rodolfo A ^a,b   Chiappe, Luis M ^b   Dingus, Lowell ^b,c  

^a Museo Carmen Funes   (Argentina)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^c Infoquest Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; MORPHOLOGY; NEW TAXON;

ABELISAURIDAE; AUCASAURUS GARRIDOI; CARNOTAURUS SASTREI; THEROPODA;

EID: 0035982622     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0460:ANCROC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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