A primitive therizinosauroid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Utah

Nature

Volumn 435, Issue 7038, 2005, Pages 84-87

  Kirkland, James I ^a   Zanno, Lindsay E ^b   Sampson, Scott D ^b   Clark, James M ^c   DeBlieux, Donald D ^a  

^a UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DENTAL MATERIALS; GEOLOGY;

DINOSAURS; MANDIBULAR SYMPHYSES; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; THERIZINOSAUROIDS;

NATURAL SCIENCES;

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR;

ARTICLE; BEIPIAOSAURUS; CARNIVORE; CHINA; DINOSAUR; DOCUMENTATION; HERBIVORY; LOWER CRETACEOUS; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERIZINOSAUROID; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; SKELETON; SKULL; TOOTH;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

COELUROSAURIA; DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA;

ANIMALS; DINOSAURS; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; PHYLOGENY; SKELETON; SKULL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOOTH; UTAH;

EID: 18344393329     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03468     Document Type: Article

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