The first definitive carcharodontosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Asia and the delayed ascent of tyrannosaurids

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1051-1058

  Brusatte, Stephen L ^a,b   Benson, Roger B J ^c   Chure, Daniel J ^d   Xu, Xing ^e   Sullivan, Corwin ^e   Hone, David W E ^e  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Dinosaur National Monument   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carcharodontosauridae; Cretaceous; Dinosauria; Paleobiogeography; Theropoda; Tyrannosauridae

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; NICHE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TURONIAN;

ARTICLE; CAMPANIAN; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; FAUNA; HUMAN; MONGOLIA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; TURONIAN;

ANIMALS; ASIA; DINOSAURS; EVOLUTION; FORAMEN MAGNUM; FOSSILS; FRONTAL BONE; MAXILLA; NASAL BONE; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPINE; TIME;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

DINOSAURIA; MANIRAPTORA; THEROPODA; TYRANNOSAURIDAE; TYRANNOSAUROIDEA;

EID: 68949211090     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0565-2     Document Type: Article

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