The evolution of large-bodied theropod dinosaurs during the mesozoic in asia;La evolución de los grandes dinosaurios terópodos durante el mesozoico de asia

Journal of Iberian Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 275-296

  Brusatte, S L ^a,b   Benson, R B J ^c   Xu, X ^d  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; Dinosauria; Mesozoic; Paleobiogeography; Theropoda; Tyrannosauridae

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CAMPANIAN; CARNIVORE; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FIELDWORK; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; JURASSIC; MAASTRICHTIAN; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY;

ASIA;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA; TYRANNOSAURIDAE;

EID: 78149255624     PISSN: 16986180     EISSN: 18867995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5209/rev_JIGE.2010.v36.n2.12     Document Type: Article

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