Tethyshadros insularis, A new hadrosauroid dinosaur (Ornithischia) from the upper cretaceous of Italy

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1100-1116

  Dalla Vecchia, Fabio M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; SKELETON;

ITALY;

DINOSAURIA; HADROSAURIDAE; HADROSAUROIDEA; ORNITHISCHIA;

EID: 75449105805     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0428     Document Type: Article

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