A new oviraptorosaurid (theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) from the late cretaceous of Southern China

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 871-875

  Lü, Junchang ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

OVIRAPTOROSAURIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 8744286253     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0871:ANOTOF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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