A re-appraisal of Aralosaurus tuberiferus (Dinosauria, Hadrosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Kazakhstan

Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belqique, Sciences de la Terre

Volumn 74, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages 139-154

  Godefroit, Pascal ^a   Alifanov, Vladimir ^b   Bolotsky, Yuri ^c  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c Rossiskaya Akademiya Nauk   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aralosaurus tuberiferus; Hadrosauridae; Kazakhstan; Lambeosaurinae; Late Cretaceous; Palaeobiogeography; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; PHYLOGENY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; WEST ASIA; WORLD;

ARALOSAURUS TUBERIFERUS; DINOSAURIA; HADROSAURIDAE; LAMBEOSAURINAE;

EID: 12844272222     PISSN: 03746291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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