A new small deinonychosaur (Dinosauria:Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-116

  Porfiri, Juan D ^a   Calvo, Jorge O ^a   dos Santos, Domenica ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Barreales lake; Dromaeosauridae; Late cretaceous; Patagonia; Unenlagiinae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BONE; CLASSIFICATION; DINOSAUR; FOOT; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BONE AND BONES; DINOSAURS; FOOT; FOSSILS;

DEINONYCHOSAURIA; DINOSAURIA; DROMAEOSAURIDAE; THEROPODA; TROODONTIDAE;

EID: 79953183045     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: 16782690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652011000100007     Document Type: Article

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