A juvenile coelophysoid skull from the Early Jurassic of Zimbabwe, and the synonymy of Coelophysis and Syntarsus

Palaeontologia Africana

Volumn , Issue 40, 2004, Pages 31-41

  Bristowe, Anthea ^a   Raath, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coelophysoid; Dinosaurs; Jurassic; Neotheropoda; Taxonomy; Triassic

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; JURASSIC; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD; ZIMBABWE;

COELOPHYSIS; DINOSAURIA; SYNTARSUS;

EID: 21444455027     PISSN: 24104418     EISSN: 24104418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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