A large Cretaceous theropod from Patagonia, Argentina, and the evolution of carcharodontosaurids

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 226-230

  Novas, Fernando E ^a   De Valais, Silvina ^b   Vickers Rich, Pat ^c   Rich, Tom ^d  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^b MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; NEW TAXON; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; FAUNA; NONHUMAN; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TAXON;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BODY SIZE; DINOSAURS; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY; REPTILES;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CARCHARODONTOSAURIDAE; CARCHARODONTOSAURUS SAHARICUS; DINOSAURIA; GIGANTOSAURUS CAROLINII; SAUROPODA; THEROPODA; TYRANNOTITAN CHUBUTENSIS;

EID: 21244485062     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-005-0623-3     Document Type: Article

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