A middle Jurassic abelisaurid from Patagonia and the early diversification of theropod dinosaurs

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1741, 2012, Pages 3170-3175

  Pol, Diego ^a   Rauhut, Oliver W M ^b  

^a MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abelisauridae; Argentina; Ceratosauria; Dinosauria; Gondwanan biogeography; Middle jurassic

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; ENDEMISM; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GONDWANA; NEW SPECIES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PANGAEA; SKELETON; SKULL;

AFRICA; ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA;

CERATOSAURIA; DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84863860633     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0660     Document Type: Article

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