A revision of titanosaurus lydekker (dinosauria - sauropoda), the first dinosaur genus with a ‘gondwanan’ distribution

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 125-160

  Wilson, Jeffrey A ^a   Upchurch, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Evolution; Isisaurus; Mesozoic; Saurischia; Vertebrate palaeontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 12444342820     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477201903001044     Document Type: Article

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