Feathered dinosaurs

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue , 2005, Pages 277-299

  Norell, Mark A ^a   Xu, Xing ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; China; Cretaceous; Feathers; Mesozoic

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; TISSUE;

CRETACEOUS ROCKS; FEATHERED DINOSAURS; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENETIC DISTRIBUTION;

BIODIVERSITY;

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 20544448730     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.33.092203.122511     Document Type: Review

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