New Patagonian Cretaceous theropod sheds light about the early radiation of Coelurosauria

Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Nueva Serie

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-81

  Novas, Fernando E ^a,b   Ezcurra, Martín D ^a,c   Agnolin, Federico L ^a,d   Pol, Diego ^b,e   Ortíz, Raúl ^f  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y ANTROPOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^e MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

^f Instituto de Formación Docente Continua de General Roca   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Body size reduction; Coelurosauria; Cretaceous; Gregarism; South america.

Indexed keywords

COELUROSAURIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 84865721256     PISSN: 15145158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22179/REVMACN.14.372     Document Type: Article

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