The First Discovery of the Late Cretaceous Protoceratopsid Fauna from Alxa, Inner Mongolia, China

• 作 者: JI Shu'an ZHANG Lifu LU Li
• 机 构: InstituteofGeology,AdministrationoftheOtogDinosaurTraceNationalNatureReserve,TheGeologicalMuseumofCh
• 出 处: 地质学报：英文版
• 发表日期: 2017年5期
• 关键词: 晚白垩世 内蒙古 动物 中国
• 基金项目: This research wasfinancially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation o fChina （grant No. 41372026）,andtheChina GeologicalSurvey（grant No. DD20160120-5）.

<正>Objective Alxa,located in western Inner Mongolia,is covered by desert in many places with few Cretaceous outcrops.Only some Early Cretaceous dinosaur fossils have been discovered from several areas in Alxa Zuoqi and Ejin Qi,but no Late Cretaceous