A new Abelisauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from northwest Patagonia

Ameghiniana

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 555-563

  Calvo, Jorge O ^a   Rubilar Rogers, David ^b,c   Moreno, Karen ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE HISTORIA NATURAL   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Abelisauridae; Dinosauria; Patagonia; Phylogeny; Systematic

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14844347075     PISSN: 00027014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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