Global phylogeny of hadrosauridae (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) using parsimony and Bayesian methods

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 435-502

  Prieto Márquez, Albert ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinosaur; Hadrosaur; Hadrosaurinae; Lambeosaurinae; Saurolophidae; Saurolophinae

Indexed keywords

DINOSAURIA; HADROSAURIDAE; HADROSAURINAE; HADROSAUROIDEA; LAMBEOSAURINAE; ORNITHOPODA;

EID: 77954161401     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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