A new, large tyrannosaurine theropod from the Upper Cretaceous of China

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 495-503

  Hone, David W E ^a   Wang, Kebai ^b   Sullivan, Corwin ^a   Zhao, Xijin ^a   Chen, Shuqing ^b   Li, Dunjin ^b   Ji, Shuan ^c   Ji, Qiang ^c   Xu, Xing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b Zhucheng Dinosaur Museum   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Cretaceous; Dinosaur; Saurischian; Skull; Tyrannosaurid

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CRETACEOUS; DENTITION; DINOSAUR; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

CHINA; SHANDONG;

ANIMALIA; DINOSAURIA; SAURISCHIA; TARBOSAURUS; THEROPODA; TYRANNOSAURIDAE; TYRANNOSAURINAE; TYRANNOSAURUS;

EID: 79956350746     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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