Taxonomy, morphology, masticatory function and phylogeny of heterodontosaurid dinosaurs
@article{Sereno2012TaxonomyMM, title={Taxonomy, morphology, masticatory function and phylogeny of heterodontosaurid dinosaurs}, author={Paul C. Sereno}, journal={ZooKeys}, year={2012}, pages={1 - 225} }
Abstract Heterodontosaurids comprise an important early radiation of small-bodied herbivores that persisted for approximately 100 My from Late Triassic to Early Cretaceous time. Review of available fossils unequivocally establishes Echinodon as a very small-bodied, late-surviving northern heterodontosaurid similar to the other northern genera Fruitadens and Tianyulong. Tianyulong from northern China has unusual skeletal proportions, including a relatively large skull, short forelimb, and long…
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