A supposed heterodontosaurid tooth from the Rhaetian of Switzerland and a reassessment of the European Late Triassic record of Ornithischia (Dinosauria)

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 10, 2006, Pages 613-633

  Butler, Richard J ^a,b,c   Porro, Laura B ^a,b   Heckert, Andrew B ^a,d  

^a University of Cambridge ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archosauriformes; Europe; Heterodontosauridae; Late Triassic; Ornithischia

Indexed keywords

ARCHOSAURIFORMES; DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA; REPTILIA; STEGOSAURIA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 33750719391     PISSN: 00283630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpm/2006/2006/613     Document Type: Article

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