Fossil quality and naming dinosaurs

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 729-732

  Benton, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Dinosaurs; Nomenclature; Synonymy; Systematics; Type specimens

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW SPECIES; NOMENCLATURE; SKELETON; SKULL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIODIVERSITY; DINOSAUR; EUROPE; FOSSIL; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SKELETON; SKULL; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

DINOSAURIA;

EID: 57049184609     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0402     Document Type: Article

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