Sex, sacra and Sellosaurus gracilis (Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Upper Triassic, Germany) -or why the character "two sacral vertebrae" is plesiomorphic for Dinosauria

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-55

  Galton, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; PHYLOGENETICS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TRIASSIC;

GERMANY;

ALLOSAURUS; DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA; REPTILIA; SAURISCHIA; SAUROPODA; SAUROPODOMORPHA; SELLOSAURUS; SELLOSAURUS GRACILIS; THEROPODA;

EID: 0002639990     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/213/1999/19     Document Type: Article

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