Osteology and relationships of a new theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Patagonia

Palaeontology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-110

  Rauhut, Oliver W M ^a,b,c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Bayerische Staatssammlung Palaontol ^*  (Germany)

^c MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Callovian; Ca ad n Asfalto Formation; South America; Tetanurae; Theropoda

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; JURASSIC; NEW TAXON; OSTEOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CONDORRAPTOR CURRUMILI; DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 13344259279     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2004.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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