An early 'ostrich dinosaur' (Theropoda: Ornithomimosauria) from the Early Cretaceous Sao Khua Formation of NE Thailand

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 315, Issue , 2009, Pages 229-243

  Buffetaut, Eric ^a   Suteethorn, Varavudh ^b   Tong, Haiyan ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Bureau of Fossil Research and Museum   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CRANIUM; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; NEW TAXON; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS;

ASIA; EURASIA; KHON KAEN [NORTHEASTERN REGION]; NORTHEASTERN REGION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

ARCHAEORNITHOMIMUS; DINOSAURIA; HARPYMIMUS; ORNITHOMIMOSAURIA; STRUTHIONIFORMES; THEROPODA;

EID: 70349173997     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP315.16     Document Type: Article

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