Material referred to Megalosaurus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Middle Jurassic of Stonesfield, Oxfordshire, England: One taxon or two?

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 359-366

  Day, Julia J ^a   Barrett, Paul M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Megalosaurus; Middle Jurassic; Taxonomy; Theropoda

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; JURASSIC; MORPHOTYPE; TAXONOMY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; OXFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

DINOSAURIA; MEGALOSAURUS BUCKLANDII; THEROPODA;

EID: 10944251339     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(04)80015-4     Document Type: Article

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