A new basal hadrosauriform dinosaur (Ornithischia: Iguanodontia) from the Early Cretaceous of northwestern China

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 949-957

  You, Hai Lu ^a   Li, Da Qing ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b Gansu Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources Exploration   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY CRETACEOUS; GANSU PROVINCE; JIUQUAN; LATE CRETACEOUS; LOWER CRETACEOUS; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS;

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; NEW GENUS; PHYLOGENETICS;

CHINA;

DINOSAURIA; HADROSAUROIDEA; IGUANODONTIA; ORNITHISCHIA; PROTOHADROS;

EID: 74349087317     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e09-067     Document Type: Article

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