Professor Richard Owen and the important but neglected dinosaur Scelidosaurus harrisonii

Historical Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 235-253

  Norman, David B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinosauria; Hadrosaurus; History; Joseph Leidy; Reptilia; Richard Owen; Scelidosaurus; Thyreophora

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; HISTORY OF GEOLOGY; JURASSIC;

CHARMOUTH; ENGLAND (DORSET); UNITED KINGDOM;

HADROSAURUS FOULKII; SCELIDOSAURUS HARRISONII;

EID: 0034444013     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10292380009380571     Document Type: Article

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