What Iberian dinosaurs reveal about the bridge said to exist between Gondwana and Laurasia in the Early Cretaceous

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-11

  Canudo, José Ignacio ^a   Barco, José Luis ^a,b   Pereda Suberbiola, Xabier ^c   Ruiz Omeñaca, José Ignacio ^a,d   Salgado, Leonardo ^e   Fernández Baldor, Fidel Torcida ^f   Gasulla, José Miguel ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b Paleoymas   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d Museo del Jurasico de Asturias MUJA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^f MUSEO DE DINOSAURIOS DE SALAS DE LOS INFANTES   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apulia; Dinosaurs; Early cretaceous; Iberia; Land bridge; Palaeobiogeography

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; ARCHIPELAGO; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; DISPERSAL; GONDWANA; JURASSIC; LAND BRIDGE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; ITALY; PUGLIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

DINOSAURIA; ORNITHOPODA;

EID: 60549112864     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.180.1.5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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