A late-surviving basal theropod dinosaur from the latest triassic of North America

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1723, 2011, Pages 3459-3464

  Sues, Hans Dieter ^a   Nesbitt, Sterling J ^b   Berman, David S ^c   Henrici, Amy C ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinle formation; Dinosauria; Late triassic; New Mexico; Theropoda

Indexed keywords

CARNIAN; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL RECORD; JURASSIC; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; SKULL; TOOTH;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

CHAULIODUS; COELOPHYSIS; DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 80053971781     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0410     Document Type: Article

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