A reevaluation of sexual dimorphism in the postcranium of the chasmosaurine ceratopsid Chasmosaurus belli (Dinosauria: Ornithischia)

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 403-412

  Mallon, Jordan C ^a,c   Holmes, Robert B ^b,d  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Ceratopsia; Chasmosaurus; Dinosaur park formation; Sexual dimorphism; Variation

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; STRATIGRAPHY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; DINOSAUR PROVINCIAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA;

CERATOPSIA; CERATOPSIDAE; DIMORPHA; DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA; SARCODINA;

EID: 41349103257     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v120i4.347     Document Type: Article

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