A reassessment of Dianchungosaurus lufengensis Yang, 1982a, an enigmatic reptile from the Lower Lufeng Formation (Lower Jurassic) of Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 981-986

  Barrett, Paul M ^a   Xu, Xing ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; PALEONTOLOGY; REPTILE;

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

DINOSAURIA; MESOEUCROCODYLIA; ORNITHISCHIA; ORNITHOPODA; REPTILIA;

EID: 24644484096     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2005)079[0981:ARODLY]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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