A new iguanodontian Dinosaur from the lower Cretaceous Khok Kruat Formation, Nakhon Ratchasima in Northeastern Thailand

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 969-976

  Shibata, Masateru ^a   Jintasakul, Pratueng ^b   Azuma, Yoichi ^a  

^a Katsuyama   (Japan)

^b NAKHON RATCHASIMA RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Dentary; Early Cretaceous; Iguanodontia; Ratchasimasaurus; Thailand

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

NAKHON RATCHASIMA; NORTHEASTERN REGION; THAILAND;

DINOSAURIA; HADROSAURIDAE; IGUANODONTIA; PROBACTROSAURUS;

EID: 84858011099     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2011.00530.x     Document Type: Article

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