Reconsidering the status and affinities of the ornithischian dinosaur Tatisaurus oehleri Simmons, 1965

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 865-874

  Norman, David B ^a   Butler, Rrichard J ^a,b   Maidment, Susannah C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Jurassic; Lufeng; Thyreophora; Vertebrate palaeontology

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOSAURIA; DINOSAURIA; HYPSILOPHODONTIDAE; ORNITHISCHIA; SCELIDOSAURUS; STEGOSAURIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34547671872     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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