Anatomy and taxonomic status of the chasmosaurine ceratopsid Nedoceratops hatcheri from the upper Cretaceous Lance Formation of Wyoming, U.S.A

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Farke, Andrew A ^a  

^a Raymond M Alf Museum of Paleontology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; AGE DETERMINATION; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DINOSAUR; EXTINCT SPECIES; JUVENILE ANIMAL; NEDOCERATOPS HATCHERI; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OSSIFICATION; PALEONTOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TOROSAURUS; TRICERATOPS; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; SKULL;

CERATOPSIDAE; DINOSAURIA; TRICERATOPS;

ANIMALS; DINOSAURS; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; SKULL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WYOMING;

EID: 79251629470     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016196     Document Type: Article

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