The small-bodied ornithischian dinosaurs Micropachycephalosaurus hongtuyanensis and Wannanosaurus yansiensis from the Late Cretaceous of China

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-77

  Butler, Richard J ^a,b   Zhao, Qi ^c,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Dinosauria; Late Cretaceous; Ornithischia; Pachycephalosauria; Wannanosaurus, Micropachycephalosaurus

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANDONG;

DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA;

EID: 56249087198     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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