A reappraisal of the cretaceous non-avian dinosaur faunas from Australia and New Zealand: Evidence for their Gondwanan affinities

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 257-300

  Agnolin, Federico L ^a,b   Ezcurra, Martín D ^a   Paisc, Diego F ^a   Salisbury, Steven W ^c,d  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y ANTROPOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Cretaceous; Dinosauria; Gondwana; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; DISPERSION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GONDWANA; JURASSIC; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ALLOSAURUS; AVES; DINOSAURIA; DROMAEOSAURIDAE; HYPSILOPHODONTIDAE; ORNITHOMIMOSAURIA; ORNITHOPODA; OVIRAPTOROSAURIA; THEROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77956118007     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772011003594870     Document Type: Article

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