The earliest known sauropod dinosaur and the first steps towards sauropod locomotion

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1525, 2003, Pages 1753-1758

  Yates, Adam M ^a,b   Kitching, James W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dinosaur; Phylogeny; Quadrupedalism; Sauropod; Triassic

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; SKELETON; TRIASSIC;

ADAPTATION; ANTETONITRUS INGENIPES; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; DINOSAUR; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; GRAVITY; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MOVEMENT; LAND BIOME; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUROPOD; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SKELETON; SOUTH AFRICA; THAILAND; TRIASSIC;

ANIMALIA; ANTETONITRUS INGENIPES; DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041876447     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2417     Document Type: Article

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