A Megaraptor-like theropod (Dinosauria: Tetanurae) in Australia: support for faunal exchange across eastern and western Gondwana in the Mid-Cretaceous

The fossil record of Australian dinosaurs in general, and theropods in particular, is extremely sparse. Here we describe an ulna from the Early Cretaceous Eumeralla Formation of Australia that shares unique autapomorphies with the South American theropod Megaraptor. We also present evidence for the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences Biological sciences, 2008-09, Vol.275 (1647), p.2085-2093
Hauptverfasser:	Smith, Nathan D, Makovicky, Peter J, Agnolin, Federico L, Ezcurra, Martín D, Pais, Diego F, Salisbury, Steven W
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal Migration Animals Antarctic regions Australia Cretaceous Dinosauria Dinosaurs Dinosaurs - anatomy & histology Dinosaurs - classification Fauna Fossils Geography Gondwana Holotypes Inlets Materials Megaraptor Olecranon process Palaeobiogeography Phylogenetics Phylogeny Population Dynamics Taxa Ulna Ulna - anatomy & histology
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