A new species of camptosaurus (Ornithopoda: Dinosauria) from the morrison formation (Upper Jurassic) of dinosaur national monument, Utah, and a biomechanical analysis of its forelimb

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 227-263

  Carpenter, Kenneth ^a   Wilson, Yvonne ^a  

^a DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Camptosaurus aphanoecetes; Camptosaurus dispar; Planicoxa depressa; Quadrupedal

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CLASSIFICATION; DINOSAUR; JURASSIC; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

DINOSAURIA; ORNITHOPODA;

EID: 42549159108     PISSN: 00974463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2992/0097-4463(2008)76[227:ANSOCO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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