New dinosaurs link southern landmasses in the Mid-Cretaceous

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1546, 2004, Pages 1325-1330

  Sereno, Paul C ^a   Wilson, Jeffrey A ^b   Conrad, Jack L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Abelisauroid; Biogeography; Ceratosaur; Cretaceous; Dinosaur

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDIA; JURASSIC; MADAGASCAR; NIGER; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SKULL; SOUTH AMERICA; SPINE; STRATIGRAPHY; VERTEBRA;

DINOSAURIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3042769725     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2692     Document Type: Article

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