Last evidence of sauropod dinosaurs (Saurischia: Sauropodomorpha) in the North American mid-Cretaceous

Brigham Young University Geology Studies

Volumn 45, Issue , 2000, Pages 19-24

  Desmond Maxwell, W ^a   Cifelli, Richard L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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