A tiny maniraptoran dinosaur in the Lower Cretaceous Hastings Group: Evidence from a new vertebrate-bearing locality in south-east England

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 464-471

  Naish, Darren ^a   Sweetman, Steven C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dinosaur; England; Lower Cretaceous; Maniraptora; Theropod; Wealden

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; BERRIASIAN; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MORPHOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY; TYPE LOCALITY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

EAST SUSSEX; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DINOSAURIA; MANIRAPTORA; THEROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79956352936     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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