New evidence for Cretaceous age of the feathered dinosaurs of Liaoning: zircon U-Pb SHRIMP dating of the Yixian Formation in Sihetun, northeast China

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-182

  Yang, Wei ^a   Li, Shuguang ^a   Jiang, Baoyu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Feathered dinosaurs; Jehol Biota; Liaoning; Yixian Formation; Zircon U Pb SHRIMP dating

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITION; DINOSAUR; FEATHER; NEW RECORD; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING; YIXIAN;

DINOSAURIA;

EID: 34247551615     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2006.05.011     Document Type: Article

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