Autopodium of the holotype of Dracopelta zbyszewskii (Dinosauria, Ankylosauria) and its type horizon and locality (Upper Jurassic: Tithonian, western Portugal)

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 235, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-196

  Suberbiola, Xabier Pereda ^a   Dantas, Pedro ^b,c,d   Galton, Peter M ^e   Sanz, José Luis ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Laboratorio de Historia Natural   (Portugal)

^c Associaçao Leonel Trindade   (Portugal)

^d Museu Nacional de Historia Natural Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ankylosauria; Autopodium; Dracopelta; Late Jurassic; Portugal; Thyreophora

Indexed keywords

BONE; DINOSAUR; JURASSIC; LIMB; TAXONOMY; TITHONIAN; TYPE LOCALITY;

PORTUGAL;

ANKYLOSAURIA; DINOSAURIA; TITHONIA;

EID: 16344376416     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/235/2005/175     Document Type: Review

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