Species concept in North American stegosaurs

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-162

  Carpenter, Kenneth ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hesperosaurus; Late Jurassic; Morrison Formation; Palaeontological species; Stegosaurus; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; MORPHOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; OSTEOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; SKELETON; SPECIES COMPLEX; TAXONOMY;

COLORADO; MORRISON; UNITED STATES;

CERATOPSIA; DINOSAURIA; DIPLODOCIDAE; IGUANODONTIDAE; SAUROPODA; STEGOSAURIA; STEGOSAURUS; THEROPODA; TYRANNOSAURIDAE;

EID: 77956696024     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-010-0020-6     Document Type: Article

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