A juvenile skull of Dysalotosaurus lettowvorbecki (Ornithischia: Iguanodontia), and implications for cranial ontogeny, phylogeny, and taxonomy in ornithopod dinosaurs

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 366-396

  HüBner, Tom R ^a   Rauhut, Oliver W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dinosauria; Evolution; Ornithopoda; Tendaguru

Indexed keywords

DINOSAURIA; IGUANODONTIA; ORNITHISCHIA; ORNITHOPODA;

EID: 77957132552     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00620.x     Document Type: Article

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