The Latest Cretaceous fauna with dinosaurs and mammals from the Haţeg Basin - A historical overview

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 293, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 271-282

  Grigorescu, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Dinosaurs; Ha eg Basin; History of Palaeontology; Maastrichtian; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; CROCODILIAN; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS; TURTLE;

HATEG BASIN; ROMANIA;

ALLIGATOR; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DINOSAURIA; HATZEGOPTERYX THAMBEMA; MAMMALIA; TESTUDINES; THEROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77954933047     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.01.030     Document Type: Article

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