A new oviraptorosaur (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from Mongolia: The first dinosaur with a pygostyle

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-106

  Barsbold, Rinchen ^a   Osmólska, Halszka ^b   Watabe, Mahito ^c   Currie, Philip J ^d   Tsogtbaatar, Khishigjaw ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

^b INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c Hayashibara Mus of Natural Sciences   (Japan)

^d ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dinosauria; Gobi Desert; Late Cretaceous; Mongolia; Oviraptorosauria; Theropoda

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES;

MONGOLIA;

DINOSAURIA; NOMINGIA GOBIENSIS; THEROPODA;

EID: 0033946775     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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