Cranial osteology of lufengosaurus huenei young (Dinosauria: Prosauropoda) from the lower jurassic of yunnan, people's republic of China

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 806-822

  Barrett, Paul M ^a   Upchurch, Paul ^b   Wang, Xiao Lin ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; JURASSIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODOMORPHA;

EID: 32244439478     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0806:COOLHY]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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