Torosaurus Marsh, 1891, is Triceratops Marsh, 1889 (Ceratopsidae: Chasmosaurinae): Synonymy through ontogeny

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1157-1168

  Scannella, John B ^a   Horner, John R ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; DINOSAUR; MESOZOIC; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; ONTOGENY; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

CERATOPSIDAE; DINOSAURIA; TRICERATOPS;

EID: 77956048127     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.483632     Document Type: Article

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