New information on the skull of the enigmatic theropod Spinosaurus with remarks on its size and affinities

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 888-896

  Dal Sasso, Cristiano ^a   Maganuco, Simone ^a   Buffetaut, Eric ^b   Mendez, Marco A ^c  

^a Museo Civico di Storia Naturale   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; SKULL;

SPINOSAURUS; THEROPODA; TYRANNOSAURUS;

EID: 32144464884     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0888:NIOTSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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