A maniraptoran (Theropoda, Dinosauria) sacrum from the Upper Cretaceous of the Haţeg Basin (Romania) - In search of the lost pterosaurs of Baron FRANZ NOPCSA

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-181

  Osi, Attila ^a,b,c   Fozy, István ^a,b  

^a Research Group for Palaeontology ^*

^b DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Dromaeosauridae; Ha eg basin; Late cretaceous; Paraves; Sacrum

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEONTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SKELETAL REMAINS;

HATEG BASIN; ROMANIA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DINOSAURIA; DROMAEOSAURIDAE; PTERODACTYLOIDEA; THEROPODA;

EID: 38549131284     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2007/0246-0173     Document Type: Article

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