A late Cretaceous nodosaurid ankylosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from marine sediments of coastal California

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 311-326

  Coombs Jr , Walter P ^a   Deméré, Thomas A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOSAUR; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; NODOSAURID; SKELETAL MORPHOLOGY;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0029730793     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000023404     Document Type: Article

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