A new clade of archaic large-bodied predatory dinosaurs (Theropoda: Allosauroidea) that survived to the latest Mesozoic

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-78

  Benson, Roger B J ^a   Carrano, Matthew T ^b   Brusatte, Stephen L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Dinosaur evolution; Gondwanan biogeography; Megaraptora; Neovenatoridae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; BODY SIZE; CLADISTICS; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EXTINCTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MESOZOIC; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATOR;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; DINOSAURS; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TIBIA;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA; TYRANNOSAURIDAE;

EID: 73649091053     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0614-x     Document Type: Article

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