Late Cretaceous dinosaurs from the James Ross Basin, West Antarctica

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 381, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 99-116

  Reguero, Marcelo A ^a,c,d   Tambussi, Claudia P ^a,d   Coria, Rodolfo A ^b,d   Marenssi, Sergio A ^c,d  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE RÍO NEGRO   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^d Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FAUNA; FOOTPRINT; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEONTOLOGY; BASIN EVOLUTION; CLIMATE EFFECT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MARINE SEDIMENT;

ANTARCTICA; JAMES ROSS ISLAND; SNOW HILL ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ANSERIFORMES; AVES; CARIAMIDAE; CHARADRIIFORMES; CONIACIAN; DINOSAURIA; DROMAEOSAURIDAE; GAVIIDAE; ORNITHOPODA; SAUROPODA; THEROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84887266952     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP381.20     Document Type: Article

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