A reassessment of Kelmayisaurus petrolicus, a large theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-72

  Brusatte, Stephen L ^a,b   Benson, Roger B J ^c,d   Xu, Xing ^e  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

anatomy; Carcharodontosauridae; China; Cretaceous; Dinosauria; Theropoda

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PALEONTOLOGY; PREDATOR; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

CHINA;

DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 84859094276     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2010.0125     Document Type: Article

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