A redescription of ' Megalosaurus ' hesperis (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Inferior Oolite (Bajocian, Middle Jurassic) of Dorset, United Kingdom

• Main Author: Benson, Roger B. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2008
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Reptilia; Saurischia; Megalosauridae; Argentina; Argentine; Barrett; Beck; Bonaparte; Brigham; Carr; Chateau; Chubut; Coria; Currie; Dodson; Gauthier; Greenland; Huxley; Jura; Molnar; Morrison; Noto; Patagonia; Rowe; Williamson
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.184841; https://zenodo.org/record/184841

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