The osteology of magnosaurus nethercombensis (dinosauria, theropoda) from the bajocian (middle jurassic) of the United Kingdom and a re-examination of the oldest records of tetanurans

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 131-146

  Benson, Roger B J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Ceratosaur'monophyly; Dorset; Inferior Oolite Formation; Megalosaurid; Tetanurae

Indexed keywords

BAJOCIAN; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; OOLITE; OSTEOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; RECONSTRUCTION; RHAETIAN; SINEMURIAN; TOARCIAN;

ANTARCTICA; CHINA; DORSET [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; ITALY; MOROCCO; NORTH YORKSHIRE; SWITZERLAND; TEXAS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WALES; WHITBY;

CERATOSAURIA; DINOSAURIA; SCELIDOSAURUS; THEROPODA;

EID: 77953727033     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772011003603515     Document Type: Article

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