An assessment of variability in theropod dinosaur remains from the bathonian (middle jurassic) of stonesfield and new park quarry, UK and taxonomic implications for megalosaurus bucklandii and iliosuchus incognitus

Palaeontology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 857-877

  Benson, Roger B J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bathonian; Chipping Norton Limestone Formation; Iliosuchus; Megalosaurus; Stonesfield Slate; Theropoda; Variation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BATHONIAN; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; GLOUCESTERSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

DINOSAURIA; ILIA; MEGALOSAURUS; MEGALOSAURUS BUCKLANDII; THEROPODA;

EID: 67749142133     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00884.x     Document Type: Article

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