A basal coelurosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) of the Shishugou formation in Wucaiwan, People's Republic of China

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1773-1796

  Choiniere, Jonah N ^a   Clark, James M ^a   Forster, Catherine A ^a   Xu, Xing ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CLADISTICS; CRANIUM; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; JURASSIC;

CHINA; XINJIANG UYGUR;

COELUROSAURIA; DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 78651311289     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.520779     Document Type: Article

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