Review of Janenschia wild, with the description of a new sauropod from the Tendaguru beds of Tanzania and a discussion on the systematic value of procoelous caudal vertebrae in the sauropoda

Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie

Volumn 256, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 25-76

  Bonaparte, J F ^a   Heinrich, W D ^b   Wild, R ^c  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

Author keywords

East Africa; Janenschia; Late Jurassic; Sauropods; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; SKELETON;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0042934943     PISSN: 03750442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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