Cranial anatomy of the small ornithischian dinosaur Changchunsaurus parvus from the Quantou Formation (Cretaceous: Aptian-Cenomanian) of Jilin Province, northeastern China

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 196-214

  Liyong, Jin ^a   Jun, Chen ^a,b   Shuqin, Zan ^c   Butler, Richard J ^d,e   Godefroit, Pascal ^f  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c Geological Museum of China   (China)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e BAYERISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG FÜR PALÄONTOLOGIE UND GEOLOGIE   (Germany)

^f ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; APTIAN; CENOMANIAN; CRANIUM; DINOSAUR; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

CHINA; JILIN;

CERATOPSIA; DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA; ORNITHOPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77949768363     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724630903412372     Document Type: Article

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