A new large-bodied theropod dinosaur from the middle jurassic of Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-42

  Benson, Roger B J ^a   Radley, Jonathan D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Warwickshire Museum   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bathonian; Chipping norton limestone formation; Cruxicheiros; Dinosauria; England; Megalosaurus; Tetanurae; Theropoda

Indexed keywords

BATHONIAN; DINOSAUR; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SKELETON; TAXONOMY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WARWICKSHIRE;

DINOSAURIA; MEGALOSAURUS; MEGALOSAURUS BUCKLANDII; THEROPODA;

EID: 77949562059     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2009.0083     Document Type: Article

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