A saurischian dinosaur braincase from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) near Oxford, England: From the theropod Megalosaurus or the sauropod Cetiosaurus?

Geological Magazine

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 905-921

  Galton, P M ^a,b   Knoll, F ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT   (United States)

^b Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde ^*  (United States)

^c STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

England; Jurassic; Phylogeny; Sauropod; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ENGLAND; JURASSIC; PHYLOGENY; SAUROPOD; SYSTEMATICS;

BIOLOGY;

BRAIN; DINOSAUR; JURASSIC; PHYLOGENY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; OXFORD; OXFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CETIOSAURUS; DINOSAURIA; MEGALOSAURUS; ORNITHISCHIA; SAURISCHIA; SAUROPODA; THEROPODA;

EID: 33751049414     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756806002561     Document Type: Article

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