A taxonomic assessment of the type series of albertosaurus sarcophagus and the identity of tyrannosauridae (Dinosauria, Coelurosauria) in the albertosaurus bonebed from the horseshoe canyon formation (Campanian-Maastrichtian, Late Cretaceous)

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1213-1226

  Carr, Thomas D ^a  

^a CARTHAGE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 78149241605     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: 14803313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E10-035     Document Type: Article

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