A bizarre Cretaceous theropod dinosaur from Patagonia and the evolution of Gondwanan dromaeosaurids

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1659, 2009, Pages 1101-1107

  Novas, Fernando E ^a   Pol, Diego ^b   Canale, Juan I ^c   Porfiri, Juan D ^d   Calvo, Jorge O ^d  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^b MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Dromaeosauridae; Forelimb; South America; Theropoda; Unenlagiinae

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; GONDWANA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; DROMAEOSAURIDAE; THEROPODA;

EID: 60049100681     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1554     Document Type: Article

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