The small theropod dinosaurs Tugulusaurus and Phaedrolosaurus from the early Cretaceous of Xinjiang, China

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 107-118

  Rauhut, Oliver W M ^a   Xu, Xing ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD; XINJIANG UYGUR;

ALBIA; DINOSAURIA; PHAEDROLOSAURUS ILIKENSIS; THEROPODA; TUGULUSAURUS FACILES;

EID: 15944377418     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0107:TSTDTA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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