Anatomy of Juravenator starki (Theropoda: Coelurosauria) from the Late Jurassic of Germany

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 258, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 257-296

  Chiappe, Luis M ^a   Göhlich, Ursula B ^b  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^b NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Jurassic; Juravenator; Preservation; Solnhofen limestones; Taphonomy; Theropoda

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BONE; DINOSAUR; JURASSIC; MORPHOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; SKELETON;

GERMANY;

AVES; COELUROSAURIA; DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 78651079835     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0125     Document Type: Article

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