Non-avian dinosaur fossils from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Group of western Liaoning, China

Geological Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 419-437

  Xu, Xing ^a,b   Norell, Mark A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird origin; Character evolution; Dinosaurs; Early Cretaceous; Jehol Group; Liaoning; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; FAUNA; FOSSIL; ORNITHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING;

ANKYLOSAURIA; AVES; CERATOPSIA; COELUROSAURIA; DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA; ORNITHOPODA; THEROPODA;

EID: 33749401393     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1044     Document Type: Article

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