A critical re-evaluation of the late triassic dinosaur taxa of North America

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-243

  Nesbitt, Sterling J ^a,b   Irmis, Randall B ^c   Parker, William G ^d  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinosauria; Early diversity; Ornithischia; Saurischia; Theropoda; Triassic

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; JURASSIC; RARITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TOOTH; TRIASSIC;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; POLAND;

COELOPHYSIS; DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA; SAURISCHIA; SAUROPODOMORPHA; THEROPODA;

EID: 34547099378     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477201907002040     Document Type: Article

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