Mid-Cretaceous turnover of saurischian dinosaur communities: Evidence from the Neuquén Basin

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 252, Issue , 2005, Pages 317-327

  Coria, Rodolfo A ^a   Salgado, Leonardo ^b  

^a Museo Carmen Funes   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; TURNOVER;

ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

DINOSAURIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SAURISCHIA; SAUROPODA; THEROPODA;

EID: 31344460344     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.252.01.16     Document Type: Article

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