The first tyrannosauroid tooth from Korea

Geosciences Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-24

  Lee, Yuong Nam ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hasandong Formation; Korea; Lower Cretaceous; Sacheon City; Tyrannosauroid premaxillary tooth

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649134143     PISSN: 12264806     EISSN: 15987477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12303-008-0003-z     Document Type: Article

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