A new Triassic carnivorous dinosaur from Argentina;Nuevo dinosaurio carnívoro triásico de Argentina

Ameghiniana

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 217-228

  Arcucci, Andrea B ^a   Coria, Rodolfo A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^b Museo Carmen Funes   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Los Colorados Formation; Phylogeny; Theropoda; Triassic

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SKULL; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC;

ARGENTINA;

COELOPHYSIS; DINOSAURIA; LILIENSTERNUS; THEROPODA; VERTEBRATA; ZUPAYSAURUS; ZUPAYSAURUS ROUGIERI;

EID: 0042122599     PISSN: 00027014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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