Ornithopod (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) tracks from the Upper Cretaceous Zhutian Formation in the Nanxiong basin, Guangdong and general observations on large Chinese ornithopod footprints

Geological Bulletin of China

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 829-843

  Xing, Li Da ^a   Jerald, Harris D ^b   Dong, Zhi Ming ^c   Lin, You Li ^d   Chen, Wei ^e   Guo, Sheng Bin ^d   Ji, Qiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b DIXIE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^d Nanxiong City Bureau of Land and Resources of Guangdong Province   (China)

^e Chongqing Museum of Natural History   (China)

Author keywords

Hadrosauropodus nanxiongensis; Iguanodonopus; Jiayinosauropus; Nanxiong basin in Guangdong; Neixiang footprint; Upper Cretaceous Zhutian Formation; Yangtzepus

Indexed keywords

DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA; ORNITHOPODA; THEROPODA;

EID: 84859335478     PISSN: 16712552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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