A Second Soundly Sleeping Dragon: New Anatomical Details of the Chinese Troodontid Mei long with Implications for Phylogeny and Taphonomy

A second nearly complete, articulated specimen of the basal troodontid Mei long (DNHM D2154) is reported from the Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian-Valanginian) lower Yixian Formation, Liaoning Province, China. New diagnostic features of Mei long are identified, including: a uniquely shaped maxilla, low...

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Autores principales: Gao, Chunling, Morschhauser, Eric M., Varricchio, David J., Liu, Jinyuan, Zhao, Bo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3459897/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23028847
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0045203

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3459897/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23028847
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0045203

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