A new abelisauroid theropod from northwestern Patagonia

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1283-1289

  Coria, Rodolfo A ^a   Currie, Philip J ^b   Carabajal, Ariana Paulina ^a  

^a Museo Carmen Funes   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGY; HISTORY;

ABELISAUROID THEROPOD; DINOSAUR; FLUVIAL CHANNEL DEPOSITS;

BIOLOGY;

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FOSSIL RECORD; MUDSTONE;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

DINOSAURIA; ORNITHOPODA; THEROPODA;

EID: 33846247950     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-025     Document Type: Article

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