New skull of Lesothosaurus (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Upper Elliot Formation (Lower Jurassic) of southern Africa

Geobios

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 595-603

  Knoll, Fabien ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Cranial anatomy; Dinosauria; Elliot Formation; Fabrosauridae; Lesothosaurus; Lower Jurassic; Ornithischia; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; DINOSAUR; JURASSIC; MORPHOLOGY; SKULL;

(SOUTH); AFRICA;

DINOSAURIA; FABROSAURIDAE; LESOTHOSAURUS; LESOTHOSAURUS DIAGNOSTICUS; ORNITHISCHIA;

EID: 0036762859     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(02)00072-4     Document Type: Article

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