An exceptionally well-preserved theropod dinosaur from the Yixian Formation of China

1998/01/01 by Peiji Chen, Pei-ji Chen, Zhi-Ming Dong +3 · 56 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology

paper · doi:10.1038/34356

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