An abelisauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Jurassic of the High Atlas Mountains, Morocco, and the radiation of Ceratosaurs

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 610-624

  Allain, Ronan ^a,b   Tykoski, Ronald ^c   Aquesbi, Najat ^d   Jalil, Nour Eddine ^a   Monbaron, Michel ^e   Russell, Dale ^f   Taquet, Philippe ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c Museum of Nature and Science   (United States)

^d Institut Agdal   (Morocco)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^f NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; FOSSIL RECORD; JURASSIC; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; TRIASSIC;

AFRICA; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGH ATLAS; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; TADLA-AZILAL;

CERATOSAURIA; DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 34948904816     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[610:AADTFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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