A new Troodontid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Cenomanian of Uzbekistan, with a review of Troodontid records from the territories of the former Soviet Union

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-98

  Averianov, Alexander O ^a   Sues, Hans Dieter ^b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOMANIAN; DINOSAUR; MORPHOTYPE; NEW SPECIES;

ASIA; EURASIA; UZBEKISTAN; WEST ASIA;

DINOSAURIA; SAURORNITHOIDES; SINORNITHOIDES; THEROPODA; TROODON; TROODONTIDAE;

EID: 34047208575     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[87:ANTDTF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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