THE SMALL THEROPOD DINOSAURS TUGULUSAURUS AND PHAEDROLOSAURUS FROM THE EARLY CRETACEOUS OF XINJIANG, CHINA
@inproceedings{Rauhut2005THEST, title={THE SMALL THEROPOD DINOSAURS TUGULUSAURUS AND PHAEDROLOSAURUS FROM THE EARLY CRETACEOUS OF XINJIANG, CHINA}, author={Oliver W. M. Rauhut and Xing Xu}, year={2005} }
Abstract The type material of the small theropod dinosaurs Tugulusaurus faciles and Phaedrolosaurus ilikensis from the Lower Cretaceous (?Valanginian–Albian) Lianmugin Formation of Xinjiang, north-western China, is reviewed. Although based on an incomplete and rather poorly preserved specimen, Tugulusaurus can be shown to be valid on the basis of strongly broadened caudal vertebrae with an anteriorly placed neural arch and a short and highly asymmetrical metacarpal I. Phaedrolosaurus, based on…
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