A pathological Late Cretaceous carcharodontosaurid tooth from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Bulletin of Geosciences

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 351-354

  Candeiro, Carlos Roberto A ^a   Tanke, Darren H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO TOCANTINS   (Brazil)

^b ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brazil; Carcharodontosauridae; Cretaceous; Maastrichtian; Pathology; Peir polis; Split carinae; Tooth

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MAASTRICHTIAN; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

CARINAE; MARILIA; THEROPODA; TYRANNOSAURIDAE;

EID: 54949156458     PISSN: 12141119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3140/bull.geosci.2008.03.351     Document Type: Article

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