A new iguanodontian dinosaur from the Khok Kruat Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian) of northeastern Thailand

Annales de Paleontologie

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 51-62

  Buffetaut, Eric ^a   Suteethorn, Varavudh ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b MAHASARAKHAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Aptian; Early Cretaceous; Iguanodontia; New taxon; Ornithopoda; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; APTIAN; CRANIUM; DINOSAUR; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOOTH;

LAOS; THAILAND;

DINOSAURIA; IGUANODONTIA; ORNITHOPODA; PROBACTROSAURUS;

EID: 80053255507     PISSN: 07533969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annpal.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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