Cranial ornamentation and ontogenetic status of Homalocephale calathocercos (Ornithischia: Pachycephalosauria) from the Nemegt Formation, Mongolia

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 84-92

  Evans, David C ^a,b   Brown, Caleb Marshall ^b   Ryan, Michael J ^c   Tsogtbaatar, Khishigjav ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; DINOSAUR; MATURATION; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; ORNAMENTATION; TAXONOMY;

DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA; PRENOCEPHALE PRENES;

EID: 79951560204     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2011.546287     Document Type: Article

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