The problem of dinosaur origins: Integrating three approaches to the rise of Dinosauria

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Volumn 103, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 423-442

  Padian, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinosauromorpha; Early Jurassic; Late Triassic; Ornithischia; Sauropodomorpha; Theropoda

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLADISTICS; DINOSAUR; JURASSIC; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC;

EID: 84885651484     PISSN: 17556910     EISSN: 17556929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755691013000431     Document Type: Article

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