High diversity of the Ganzhou Oviraptorid Fauna increased by a new “cassowary-like” crested species

Abstract A new oviraptorid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Ganzhou, bringing oviraptrotid diversity of this region to seven taxa, is described. It is characterized by a distinct cassowary-like crest on the skull, no pleurocoels on the centra from the second through fourth cervical vertebrae, a...

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Main Authors: Junchang Lü, Guoqing Li, Martin Kundrát, Yuong-Nam Lee, Zhenyuan Sun, Yoshitsugu Kobayashi, Caizhi Shen, Fangfang Teng, Hanfeng Liu
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/c0d43e7adace46acbe2a9907ca307f8e
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