A juvenile skull of the primitive ornithischian dinosaur Heterodontosaurus tucki from the 'Stormberg' of Southern Africa

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 702-711

  Butler, Richard J ^a   Porro, Laura B ^b   Norman, David B ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CRANIUM; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL RECORD; IDENTIFICATION KEY; JURASSIC; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA;

EID: 54849440774     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[702:AJSOTP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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