A new centrosaurine ceratopsid from the Oldman Formation of Alberta and its implications for centrosaurine taxonomy and systematics

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1369-1387

  Ryan, Michael J ^a,b   Russell, Anthony P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CENTROSAURINE TAXONOMY; CENTROSAURUS BRINKMANI; PALEONTOLOGY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

DINOSAUR; PHYLOGENETICS;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CERATOPSIDAE;

EID: 30444453246     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e05-029     Document Type: Article

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