New information on Nqwebasaurus thwazi, a coelurosaurian theropod from the Early Cretaceous Kirkwood Formation in South Africa

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 71-72, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-17

  Choiniere, Jonah N ^a,b,c   Forster, Catherine A ^a   De Klerk, William J ^d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coelurosauria; Early Cretaceous; Kirkwood Formation; Ornithomimosauria; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BONE; CRANIUM; CRETACEOUS; DENTITION; DINOSAUR; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SKELETON; TOOTH;

SOUTH AFRICA;

COELUROSAURIA; ORNITHOMIMOSAURIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 84864058913     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 18791956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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