Dinosaur teeth from the cenomanian of Charentes, western France: Evidence for a mixed Laurasian-Gondwanan assemblage

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 931-943

  Vullo, Romain ^a   Neraudeau, Didier ^a   Lenglet, Thierry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOMANIAN; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GONDWANA; IDENTIFICATION KEY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

CHARENTE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; POITOU-CHARENTES; WESTERN EUROPE;

BRACHIOSAURIDAE; DINOSAURIA; DROMAEOSAURIDAE; NODOSAURIDAE; TROODONTIDAE;

EID: 38149039966     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[931:DTFTCO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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