A ceratopsian dinosaur Psittacosaurus sibiricus from the early cretaceous of West Siberia, Russia and its phylogenetic relationships

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 359-395

  Averianov, Alexander O ^a   Voronkevich, Alexei V ^b   Leshchinskiy, Sergei V ^b   Fayngertz, Alexei V ^b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Ceratopsia; Phylogeny; Vertebrate palaeontology

Indexed keywords

BONE; CRANIUM; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; HORN; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PHYLOGENETICS;

EURASIA; KEMEROVO; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SHESTAKOVO;

ANIMALIA; CERATOPSIA; DINOSAURIA; PSITTACOSAURUS; TUBER (TRUFFLE); VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33750397869     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477201906001933     Document Type: Review

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