Irritator challengeri, a spinosaurid (dinosauria: Theropoda) from the lower cretaceous of Brazil

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 535-547

  Sues, Hans Dieter ^a,b   Frey, Eberhard ^c   Martill, David M ^d   Scott, Diane M ^b  

^a Department of Palaeobiology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; MORPHOLOGY; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

BRAZIL;

BARYONYX WALKERI; DINOSAURIA; IRRITATOR CHALLENGERI; SPINOSAURUS AEGYPTIACUS; THEROPODA;

EID: 0037136738     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0535:ICASDT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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