New information on Segisaurus halli, a small theropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of Arizona

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 835-849

  Carrano, Matthew T ^a   Hutchinson, John R ^b   Sampson, Scott D ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; JURASSIC;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; COELOPHYSIS; DINOSAURIA; FURCULA; THEROPODA;

EID: 32144451499     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0835:NIOSHA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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