Basal ornithopod (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) teeth from the Prince Creek Formation (early Maastrichtian) of Alaska

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1342-1354

  Brown, Caleb Marshall ^a   Druckenmiller, Patrick ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW SPECIMEN; UPPER CRETACEOUS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; MAASTRICHTIAN; PALEONTOLOGY; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

DINOSAURIA; HYPSILOPHODONTIDAE; ORNITHISCHIA; ORNITHOPODA;

EID: 80052698024     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: 14803313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e11-017     Document Type: Article

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