The spinicaudatan Tylestheria and biostratigraphic significance for the age of dinosaur eggs in the Upper Cretaceous Majiacun Formation, Xixia Basin, Henan Province, China

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 477-482

  Li, Gang ^a   Chen, Peiji ^a   Wang, Deyou ^b   Batten, David J ^c  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b Academy of Land and Resources of Henan Province   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Branchiopoda; China; Dinosaur egg bearing strata; Spinicaudata; Tylestheria; Upper Cretaceous; Xixia Basin

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRUSTACEAN; FOSSIL; TURONIAN;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HENAN; XIXIA;

BIVALVIA; BRANCHIOPODA; CONCHOSTRACA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DINOSAURIA; SPINICAUDATA;

EID: 62349136340     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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