Blasisaurus canudoi gen. et sp. nov., a new lambeosaurine dinosaur (hadrosauridae) from the latest cretaceous of arén (Huesca, Spain)

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1507-1517

  Cruzado Caballero, Penelope ^a   Pereda Suberbiola, Xabier ^b   Ruiz Omeñaca, J Ignacio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c Museo del Jurasico de Asturias MUJA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRATEMPORAL FENESTRA; LAND BRIDGES; LATE CRETACEOUS; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PYRENEES; SECONDARY RIDGE;

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL RECORD; MAASTRICHTIAN; NEW SPECIES; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SKULL; TOOTH;

ARAGON; HUESCA [ARAGON]; SPAIN;

DINOSAURIA; HADROSAURIDAE;

EID: 78650427405     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: 14803313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E10-081     Document Type: Article

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