A new basal hadrosauroid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Turonian of New Mexico

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 799-812

  McDonald, Andrew T ^a,d   Wolfe, Douglas G ^b   Kirkland, James I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b 1594 West North Temple ^*  (United States)

^c UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; FOSSIL RECORD; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; ONTOGENY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY; TURONIAN;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

BACTROSAURUS; DINOSAURIA; EOLAMBIA; HADROSAUROIDEA; ORNITHOPODA; PROBACTROSAURUS; PROTOHADROS; TELMATOSAURUS;

EID: 77953730358     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724631003763516     Document Type: Article

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