Velociraptorine dromaeosaurid teeth from the Kimmeridgian (Late Jurassic) of Germany

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 401-408

  van der Lubbe, Torsten ^a   Richter, Ute ^a   Knötschke, Nils ^b  

^a Lower Saxony State Museum   (Germany)

^b Dinosaurier Freilichtmuseum Münchehagen ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Dromaeosauridae; Germany; Late Jurassic; Saurischia; Theropoda; Velociraptorine dromaeosaurid teeth

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; JURASSIC; KIMMERIDGIAN; NEW TAXON; NOMENCLATURE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TOOTH;

CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CUENCA [CASTILLA-LA MANCHA]; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

DROMAEOSAURIDAE; SAURISCHIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 70349553656     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2008.0007     Document Type: Article

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