A new troodontid theropod dinosaur from the lower cretaceous of Utah

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Senter, Phil ^a   Kirkland, James I ^b   Bird, John ^c   Bartlett, Jeff A ^d  

^a FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum ^*  (United States)

^d College of Eastern Utah ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BONE STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINOSAUR; FAUNA; GEMINIRAPTOR SUAREZARUM; LOWER CRETACEOUS; MAXILLA; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; ORBIT; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; SKELETON; SKULL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOOTH;

DINOSAURIA; SAURORNITHOIDES; SINORNITHOIDES; THEROPODA; TROODON; TROODONTIDAE;

ANIMALS; DINOSAURS; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; PHYLOGENY; SKELETON; SKULL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOOTH; UTAH;

EID: 78650753498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014329     Document Type: Article

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