Velafrons coahuilensis, a new labeosaurine haddrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Late Campanian Cerro del Pueblo formation, Coahuila, Mexico

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 917-930

  Gates, Terry A ^a   Sampson, Scott D ^a   de Jesús, Carlos R Delgado ^b   Zanno, Lindsay E ^a   Eberth, David ^c   Hernandez Rivera, René ^d   Aguillón Martínez, Martha C ^b   Kirkland, James I ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Museo del Desierto   (Mexico)

^c ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPANIAN; DINOSAUR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; JUVENILE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

COAHUILA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN INTERIOR;

DINOSAURIA; HADROSAURIDAE; HYPACROSAURUS; ORNITHOPODA;

EID: 38149002812     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[917:VCANLH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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