Saurischian origins and evolution;Origine et évolution des saurischiens

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 243-256

  Allain, Ronan ^a   Läng, Émilie ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Evolution; Mesozoic; Origin; Saurischia; Sauropodomorpha; Theropoda

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; GEOLOGIC MODELS;

BIODIVERSITY; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY; MASS EXTINCTION; MESOZOIC; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; SAURISCHIA; SAUROPODOMORPHA; THEROPODA;

EID: 61449162882     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2008.09.013     Document Type: Article

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