The anatomy of the basal ornithischian dinosaur Eocursor parvus from the lower Elliot Formation (Late Triassic) of South Africa

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 648-684

  Butler, Richard J ^a,b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c BAYERISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG FÜR PALÄONTOLOGIE UND GEOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archosauria; Biogeography; Gondwana; Heterodontosauridae; Jurassic; Lesothosaurus; Osteology; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ARCHOSAURIA; DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA;

EID: 77953701699     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00631.x     Document Type: Article

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