A Late Triassic dinosauriform from south Brazil and the origin of the ornithischian predentary bone

Historical Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-33

  Ferigolo, Jorge ^a   Langer, Max C ^b  

^a FUNDAÇÃO ZOOBOTÂNICA DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Caturrita formation; Late Triassic; Ornithischia; Predentary; Sacisaurus

Indexed keywords

BONE; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; TRIASSIC;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34247253770     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: 10292381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912960600845767     Document Type: Article

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