Osteology and phylogeny of zalmoxes (N. G.), an unusual euornithopod dinosaur from the latest cretaceous of Romania

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 65-123

  Weishampel, David B ^a   Jianu, Coralia Maria ^b   Csiki, Zoltan ^c   Norman, David B ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Muzeul Civilizatiei Dacice i Romane Deva   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Cladistics; Heterochrony; Ornithopoda; Systematics; Transylvania

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987773754     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477201903001032     Document Type: Article

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