Endocranial morphology of psittacosaurs (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) based on CT scans of new fossils from the Lower Cretaceous, China

Palaeoworld

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 285-293

  Zhou, Chang Fu ^a   Gao, Ke Qin ^a   Fox, Richard C ^b   Du, Xiang Ke ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Ceratopsian dinosaurs; Palaeoneurology; Psittacosaurus

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BRAIN; CRANIUM; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING;

ANIMALIA; CERATOPSIA; DINOSAURIA; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACOSAURUS; THEROPODA; TYRANNOSAURUS;

EID: 35348935977     PISSN: 1871174X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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