Cranial osteology and phylogenetic position of the theropod dinosaur Proceratosaurus bradleyi (Woodward, 1910) from the Middle Jurassic of England

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 155-195

  Rauhut, Oliver W M ^a,b   Milner, Angela C ^c   Moore Fay, Scott ^c  

^a BAYERISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG FÜR PALÄONTOLOGIE UND GEOLOGIE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bathonian; Biogeography; Coelurosauria; Phylogeny; Proceratosauridae; Tyrannosauroidea

Indexed keywords

COELUROSAURIA; DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA; TYRANNOSAUROIDEA;

EID: 74849115804     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00591.x     Document Type: Article

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