A ceratosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous of Uruguay

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 439-444

  Soto, Matías ^a   Perea, Daniel ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TOOTH;

SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY;

DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 47249164342     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[439:ACDTFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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