The 'fabrosaurid' ornithischian dinosaurs of the Upper Elliot Formation (Lower Jurassic) of South Africa and Lesotho

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-218

  Butler, Richard J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archosauria; Heterodontosaurs; Osteology; Phylogenetics; Systematics

Indexed keywords

DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA;

EID: 33745281891     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00182.x     Document Type: Review

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