Braincase of an early cretaceous titanosauriform sauropod from Texas

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 176-180

  Tidwell, Virginia ^a   Carpenter, Kenneth ^a  

^a Denver Museum Natural History   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; MORPHOLOGY; SKULL;

UNITED STATES;

CRANIA; DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037797330     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2003)23[176:BOAECT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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