An exceptionally well-preserved theropod dinosaur from the yixian formation of China

Nature

Volumn 391, Issue 6663, 1998, Pages 147-152

  Chen, Pei Ji ^a   Dong, Zhi Ming ^b   Zhen, Shuo Nan ^c  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^c BEIJING MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; DINOSAUR EGG; SINOSAUROPTERYX; THEROPOD;

ARTICLE; CHINA; FOSSIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SKELETON;

CHINA, LIAONING PROVINCE;

EID: 0032495491     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/34356     Document Type: Article

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