Taxonomic revison of the basal neornithischian taxa Thescelosaurus and Bugenasaura

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 758-770

  Boyd, Clint A ^a   Brown, Caleb Marshall ^b   Scheetz, Rodney D ^c   Clarke, Julia A ^a,d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CRANIUM; DINOSAUR; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MAASTRICHTIAN; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SKULL; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

NORTH AMERICA;

BUGENASAURA; BUGENASAURA INFERNALIS;

EID: 77749246023     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0328     Document Type: Article

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