Stratigraphic occurrence, paleoenvironment, and description of the oldest known dinosaur (late Jurassic) from Mongolia

Palaios

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 292-297

  Graham, Stephan A ^a   Hendrk, Marc S ^b   Barsbold, Rinchen ^c   Badamgarav, Demchig ^c   Sjostrom, Derek ^b   Kirschner, Wendy ^b   McIntosh, John S ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c Academy of Sciences of Mongolia   (Mongolia)

^d WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOSAURIA; MAMENCHISAURUS; SAUROPODA; REPTILIA;

DINOSAUR; FLOODPLAIN; JURASSIC; MAMENCHISAURUS; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; SAUROPOD;

MONGOLIA, DARIV;

EID: 0031452549     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515429     Document Type: Article

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