A new carcharodontosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Argentina

Geodiversitas

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-118

  Coria, Rodolfo A ^a   Currie, Philip J ^b  

^a Museo Carmen Funes   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Argentina; Carcharodontosauridae; Dinosauria; New genus; New species; Theropoda; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 31344459512     PISSN: 12809659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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