A microraptorine (Dinosauria-Dromaeosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of North America

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 5002-5007

  Longrich, Nicholas R ^a   Currie, Philip J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Campanian; Dinosaur Park Formation; Microraptorinae; Theropoda

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL ANIMAL; HESPERONYCHUS ELIZABETHAE; MICRORAPTOR; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORNITHOSAURUS; UPPER CRETACEOUS;

ANIMALS; DINOSAURS; FOSSILS; NORTH AMERICA; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; DINOSAURIA; DROMAEOSAURIDAE; ILIA; SINORNITHOSAURUS; THEROPODA;

EID: 65249135018     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0811664106     Document Type: Article

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