New information on Stokesosaurus, a tyrannosauroid (Dinosauria: theropoda) from North America and the United Kingdom

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 732-750

  Benson, Roger B J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CRANIUM; DINOSAUR; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY; TITHONIAN;

AFRICA; DORSET [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

DINOSAURIA; STOKESOSAURUS; THEROPODA; TYRANNOSAUROIDEA;

EID: 54849411052     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[732:NIOSAT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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