Cranial anatomy of the iguanodontoid ornithopod Jinzhousaurus yangi from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-48

  Barrett, Paul M ^a   Butler, Richard J ^a   Xiao Lin, Wang ^b   Xing, Xu ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aptian, Liaoning Province, China; Dinosauria; Iguanodontia; Jehol Biota; Ornithopoda

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DINOSAURIA; IGUANODONTIA; ORNITHOPODA; SAUROPODA;

EID: 65749113363     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2009.0105     Document Type: Article

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