A description of Megalosaurus bucklandii (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Bathonian of the UK and the relationships of Middle Jurassic theropods

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 882-935

  Benson, Roger B J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carnosaurs; Dinosaur endemism; Faunal turnover; Megalosauroidea; Phylogeny; Spinosauroidea; Tetanuran evolution

Indexed keywords

DINOSAURIA; MEGALOSAURUS BUCKLANDII; THEROPODA;

EID: 77949548804     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00569.x     Document Type: Article

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