From dinosaurs to dyrosaurids (Crocodyliformes): Removal of the post-Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) record of ornithischia from Africa

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 764-768

  Lamanna, Matthew C ^a   Smith, Joshua B ^a   Attia, Yousry S ^b   Dodson, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD;

AFRICA;

CROCODYLIDAE; DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 5044220535     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0764:FDTDCR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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