New Late Cretaceous dinosaur findings from northwestern Transylvania (Romania)

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 289-295

  Codrea, Vlad A ^a   Godefroit, Pascal ^b  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Jibou Formation; Late Cretaceous; Romania; Transylvania; Zalmoxes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BONE; CORRELATION METHODS;

BONE; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EXCAVATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NEW SPECIES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TRANSYLVANIA;

DINOSAURIA; ORNITHOPODA;

EID: 45549090745     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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