The postcranial anatomy of the megalosaur dubreuillosaurus valesdunensis (Dinosauria theropoda) from the middle jurassic of normandy, France

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 850-858

  Allain, Ronan ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; JURASSIC;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; NORMANDY; WESTERN EUROPE;

DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 32144433165     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0850:TPAOTM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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