A longirostrine tyrannosauroid from the Early Cretaceous of China

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1679, 2010, Pages 183-190

  Li, Daqing ^a   Norell, Mark A ^b   Gao, Ke Qin ^c   Smith, Nathan D ^d,e   Makovicky, Peter J ^d  

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

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Cretaceous; Dinosauria; Tyrannosauroidea; Xinminpu Group; Xiongguanlong baimoensis

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; APTIAN; BODY SIZE; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL RECORD; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

CHINA;

ALIORAMUS; DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA; TYRANNOSAURIDAE; TYRANNOSAUROIDEA;

EID: 74349099456     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0249     Document Type: Article

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