Revision of the dinosaur Stegoceras lambe (ornithischia, pachycephalosauridae)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 181-207

  Sullivan, Robert M ^a  

^a State Museum of Pennsylvania   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; NEW GENUS; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

DIMORPHA; DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA; PACHYCEPHALOSAURIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037647775     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2003)23[181:ROTDSL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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