A review of the systematic position of the dinosauriform archosaur eucoelophysis baldwini Sullivan & Lucas, 1999 from the Upper Triassic of New Mexico, USA

Geodiversitas

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 649-684

  Ezcurra, Martín D ^a  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chinle group; Coelophysoidea; Dinosauriformes; Eucoelophysis; New Mexico; Upper triassic

Indexed keywords

DINOSAURIA;

EID: 33846377613     PISSN: 12809659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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