On a theropod scapula (Upper Cretaceous) from the Marília Formation, Bauru Group, Brazil

Palaontologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 308-313

  Machado, Elaine Batista ^a   Campos, Diogenes De A ^b   Kellner, Alexander W A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Museu de Ciencias da Terra   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bauru Group; Brazil; Dinosauria; Scapula; Theropoda; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249149891     PISSN: 00310220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02988897     Document Type: Article

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