The first evidence of a stegosaur (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Jurassic of Xinjiang/China

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-118

  Wings, Oliver ^a,b   Pfretzschner, Hans Ulrich ^a,b   Maisch, Michael W ^a,b  

^a Universität Tübingen ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; Dinosauria; Junggar Basin; Jurassic; Qigu formation; Stegosauria; Vertebra

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; OXFORDIAN; PALEONTOLOGY;

CHINA; JUNGGAR BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA; STEGOSAURIA;

EID: 34247587200     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2007/0243-0113     Document Type: Article

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