The systematic position of the Late Jurassic alleged dinosaur Macelognathus (Crocodylomorpha: Sphenosuchia)

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 307-321

  Göhlich, Ursula B ^a,b   Chiappe, Luis M ^b   Clark, James M ^c   Sues, Hans Dieter ^d  

^a Sektion Paläontologie ^*  (Germany)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ECOSYSTEMS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

CROCODYLOMORPHS; DINOSAUR; MACELOGNATHUS VAGANS; PHYLOGENETIC IDENTITY;

BIODIVERSITY;

DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; JURASSIC;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLOMORPHA; DINOSAURIA;

EID: 20644445209     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e05-005     Document Type: Article

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