New heterodontosaurid specimens from the Lower Jurassic of southern Africa and the early ornithischian dinosaur radiation

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 351-366

  Porro, Laura B ^a   Butler, Richard J ^b   Barrett, Paul M ^c   Moore Fay, Scott ^d   Abel, Richard L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BAYERISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG FÜR PALÄONTOLOGIE UND GEOLOGIE   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d Wavecut Platform Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diversity; Elliot Formation; Heterodontosauridae; Ornithischia; South Africa; Stormberg Group; tooth replacement

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DINOSAUR; EXTINCTION; JURASSIC; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; SKULL; TOOTH; TRIASSIC;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA;

EID: 79959451450     PISSN: 17556910     EISSN: 17556929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S175569101102010X     Document Type: Article

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