A new species of Psittacosaurus (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation, Liaoning, China

Palaeoworld

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 100-114

  Zhou, Chang Fu ^a   Gao, Ke Qin ^a   Fox, Richard C ^b   Chen, Shui Hua ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Zhejiang Museum of Natural History   (China)

Author keywords

Ceratopsian dinosaurs; China; Early Cretaceous; Liaoning; Psittacosauridae; Yixian Formation

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING; YIXIAN;

CERATOPSIA; DINOSAURIA; PSITTACOSAURIDAE; PSITTACOSAURUS;

EID: 33744807974     PISSN: 1871174X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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