A new oviraptorid (dinosauria: Theropoda) from the upper cretaceous of bayan mandahu, inner mongolia

Palaeontology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 945-960

  Longrich, Nicholas R ^a   Currie, Philip J ^b   Zhi Ming, Dong ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bayan Mandahu Formation; Djadokhta; Inner Mongolia; Oviraptoridae; Theropoda; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FAUNA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; NEW SPECIES; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

DINOSAURIA; INGENIA YANSHINI; OVIRAPTORIDAE; THEROPODA;

EID: 77956929675     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00968.x     Document Type: Article

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