The earliest known sauropod dinosaur

Nature

Volumn 407, Issue 6800, 2000, Pages 72-74

  Buffetaut, Eric ^a   Suteethorn, Varavudh ^b   Cuny, Gilles ^c   Tong, Haiyan ^a   Le Loeuff, Jean ^d   Khansubha, Sasidhorn ^b   Jongautchariyakul, Sutee ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Department of Mineral Resources ^*  (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Musee des Dinosaures   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; TRIASSIC;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SKELETON; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; REPTILES; THAILAND;

THAILAND;

DINOSAURIA; REPTILIA; SAUROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034618558     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35024060     Document Type: Article

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