Europe's largest dinosaur? A giant brachiosaurid cervical vertebra from the Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous) of southern England

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 787-795

  Naish, Darren ^a   Martill, David M ^a   Cooper, David ^b   Stevens, Kent A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Oregon ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachiosauridae; Brachiosaurus; Dinosauria; Early Cretaceous; England; Isle of Wight; Sauropoda; Sauroposeidon

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISLE OF WIGHT; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; BRACHIOSAURIDAE; DINOSAURIA; LAMIINAE; PROTELES; SAUROPODA;

EID: 10844258799     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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