Cranial anatomy and diagnosis of stygimoloch spinifer (ornithischia: Pachycephalosauria) with comments on cranial display structures in agonistic behavior

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 363-375

  Goodwin, Mark B ^a   Buchholtz, Emily A ^b   Johnson, Rolf E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM   (United States)

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EID: 0032329132     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1998.10011064     Document Type: Article

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