A new dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Wulansuhai Formation of Inner Mongolia, China

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2403, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Xu, Xing ^a   Choiniere, Jonah N ^b   Pittman, Michael ^c   Tan, Qingwei ^d   Xiao, Dong ^e   Li, Zhiquan ^e   Tan, Lin ^d   Clark, James M ^b   Norell, Mark A ^f   Hone, David W E ^a   Sullivan, Corwin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Long Hao Institute of Geology and Paleontology   (China)

^e Department of Land and Resources ^*  (China)

^f DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Dromaeosauridae; Nei Mongol; Theropoda; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

DINOSAURIA; DROMAEOSAURIDAE; THEROPODA;

EID: 77953946261     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2403.1.1     Document Type: Article

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