New basal iguanodonts from the Cedar Mountain formation of Utah and the evolution of thumb-spiked dinosaurs.

<h4>Background</h4>Basal iguanodontian dinosaurs were extremely successful animals, found in great abundance and diversity almost worldwide during the Early Cretaceous. In contrast to Europe and Asia, the North American record of Early Cretaceous basal iguanodonts has until recently been...

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Main Authors: Andrew T McDonald, James I Kirkland, Donald D DeBlieux, Scott K Madsen, Jennifer Cavin, Andrew R C Milner, Lukas Panzarin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-11-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21124919/?tool=EBI