Theropod remains from the uppermost Cretaceous of Colombia and their implications for the palaeozoogeography of western Gondwana

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1339-1344

  Ezcurra, Martín D ^a  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Abelisauridae; Colombia; Dromaeosauridae; Gondwana; Palaeobiogeography; Theropoda

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GONDWANA; MAASTRICHTIAN; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; NEW RECORD; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SKELETAL REMAINS; TOOTH; TYPE LOCALITY;

AFRICA; ASIA; COLOMBIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; MAGDALENA BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA;

CARINAE; DINOSAURIA; DROMAEOSAURIDAE; THEROPODA;

EID: 70249097288     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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