A sub-adult skull of Hypacrosaurus stebingeri (Ornithischia: Lambeosaurinae): Anatomy and comparison

Historical Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-72

  Brink, Kirstin S ^a,e   Zelenitsky, Darla K ^a   Evans, David C ^b   Therrien, François ^a,c   Horner, John R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Campanian; Hadrosauridae; Juvenile; Ontogeny; Two medicine formation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CAMPANIAN; CRANIUM; DINOSAUR; JUVENILE; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENETICS; SKULL;

NORTH AMERICA;

HADROSAURIDAE; HYPACROSAURUS; LAMBEOSAURINAE; ORNITHISCHIA;

EID: 79952552356     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: 10292381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2010.499169     Document Type: Article

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