Redescription of the ceratopsid dinosaur Torosaurus utahensis (Gilmore, 1946) and a revision of the genus

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 564-582

  Sullivan, Robert M ^a   Boere, Arjan C ^b   Lucas, Spencer G ^c  

^a State Museum of Pennsylvania   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; TYPE SPECIMEN;

CERATOPSIDAE; DINOSAURIA; TOROSAURUS LATUS; TOROSAURUS UTAHENSIS;

EID: 18644367209     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2005)079<0564:ROTCDT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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