Arizonasaurus and its implications for archosaur divergence

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages

  Nesbitt, Sterling J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Archosaur; Arizonasaurus; Middle triassic; Moenkopi formation; Poposaur; Rauisuchian

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; DIVERGENCE; SKULL; TRIASSIC;

AFRICA; ALLIGATOR; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIRD; DINOSAUR; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; FAUNA; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PELVIC GIRDLE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE CONSTRUCTION METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; SKULL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXON; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TRIASSIC;

ALLIGATOR; ARCHOSAURIA; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DINOSAURIA; RAUISUCHIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242490455     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0066     Document Type: Article

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