An abelisaurid from the Late Cretaceous of Egypt: Implications for theropod biogeography

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 242-245

  Smith, Joshua B ^a   Lamanna, Matthew C ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; PALEOGEOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EGYPT; NONHUMAN; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; TOOTH; VERTEBRATE;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; DENTITION; DINOSAURS; EGYPT; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; MADAGASCAR; TOOTH;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

MEGALOSAURUS; THEROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33646719048     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0092-3     Document Type: Article

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