A new basal iguanodont (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Wealden (Lower Cretaceous) of England

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2569, 2010, Pages 1-43

  Mcdonald, Andrew T ^a   Barrett, Paul M ^b   Chapman, Sandra D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cuckfield; Grinstead Clay Member; Iguanodon anglicus; Kukufeldia tilgatensis gen. et sp. nov.; Lower Cretaceous; Styracosterna

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955730535     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2569.1.1     Document Type: Article

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