Taxonomic and phylogenetic reassessment of the early neotheropod dinosaur Camposaurus arizonensis from the Late Triassic of North America

Palaeontology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 763-772

  Ezcurra, Martin D ^a   Brusatte, Stephen L ^b  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Camposaurus; Dinosauria; North America; Phylogeny; Theropoda; Triassic

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

COELOPHYSIS; DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 79960371254     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01069.x     Document Type: Article

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