Footprints pull origin and diversification of dinosaur stem lineage deep into Early Triassic

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1708, 2011, Pages 1107-1113

  Brusatte, Stephen L ^a,b   Niedźwiedzki, Grzegorz ^c,d   Butler, Richard J ^e  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^e BAYERISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG FÜR PALÄONTOLOGIE UND GEOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dinosauria; Dinosauromorpha; Evolutionary radiation; Ichnology; Mass extinction; Triassic

Indexed keywords

BIPEDALISM; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MAMMAL; MASS EXTINCTION; TRIASSIC;

POLAND;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; FOOT; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLAND; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DINOSAURS; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOOT; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY; POLAND;

EID: 79958260772     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1746     Document Type: Article

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