Distribution of the predentary bone in Mesozoic ornithurine birds

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-31

  Zhoua, Zhonghe ^a   Martinb, Larry D ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Cretaceous; Ornithurines; Predentary bone

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

CHINA;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; HESPERORNITHIDAE; NEORNITHES; ORNITHISCHIA; ORNITHURAE; YANORNIS;

EID: 79959751858     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2010.504080     Document Type: Conference Paper

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