Cranial osteology of a juvenile specimen of Tarbosaurus bataar (Theropoda, Tyrannosauridae) from the Nemegt Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Bugin Tsav, Mongolia

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 497-517

  Tsuihiji, Takanobu ^a   Watabe, Mahito ^b   Tsogtbaatar, Khishigjav ^c   Tsubamoto, Takehisa ^b   Barsbold, Rinchen ^c   Suzuki, Shigeru ^b   Lee, Andrew H ^d,e   Ridgely, Ryan C ^d   Kawahara, Yasuhiro ^b   Witmer, Lawrence M ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^b HAYASHIBARA BIOCHEMICAL LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

^d OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; OSTEOLOGY; SKULL; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

MONGOLIA;

TARBOSAURUS BATAAR; THEROPODA; TYRANNOSAURIDAE;

EID: 79957597084     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2011.557116     Document Type: Article

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