A new psittacosaur from inner mongolia and the parrot-like structure and function of the psittacosaur skull

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1679, 2010, Pages 199-209

  Sereno, Paul C ^a   Xijin, Zhao ^b   Lin, Tan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^c Bureau of Land and Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Cranial kinesis; Jaw mechanics; Mesowear; Nucivorous; Parrot beaked dinosaurs; Psittacosaur

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FRUGIVORY; NEW SPECIES; SKULL; TOOTH;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES; PSITTACOSAURUS;

EID: 75749121411     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0691     Document Type: Article

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