Cranial anatomy of the basal hypsilophodontid dinosaur Thescelosaurus neglectus GILMORE (Ornithischia : Ornithopoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of North America

Revue de Paleobiologie

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 231-258

  Galton, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinosauria; Hypsilophodontidae; Ornithopoda; Skull; Thescelosaurus; Upper Cretaceous; USA

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; HYPSILOPHODONTID; ORNITHOPODA; THESCELOSAURUS NEGLECTUS;

USA;

EID: 0031402577     PISSN: 02536730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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