New data on the Dromaeosauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of southern France

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-154

  Chanthasit, Phornphen ^a   Buffetaut, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Dinosauria; Dromaeosauridae; France; Late cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CAMPANIAN; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MAASTRICHTIAN; NOMENCLATURE; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

DINOSAURIA; DROMAEOSAURIDAE; THEROPODA;

EID: 65349117551     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.180.2.145     Document Type: Article

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