The first definitive Asian spinosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the early cretaceous of Laos

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 369-377

  Allain, Ronan ^a   Xaisanavong, Tiengkham ^b   Richir, Philippe ^a   Khentavong, Bounsou ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Savannakhet Dinosaur Museum   (France)

Author keywords

Asi; Cretaceous; Savannakhet basin; Spinosauridae; Theropoda

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; BONE; CARNIVORE; CLADISTICS; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; NEW TAXON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOECOLOGY; RANGE SIZE; SKULL; STOMACH CONTENT; TOOTH;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; LAOS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DINOSAURS; FOSSILS; LAOS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

LAOS;

DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 84863727836     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-012-0911-7     Document Type: Article

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