Osteology of the sauropod embryos from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-92

  Salgado, Leonardo ^a   Coria, Rodolfo A ^b   Chiappe, Luis M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^b Museo Carmen Funes   (Argentina)

^c NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anacleto Formation; Auca Mahuevo; Cranial anatomy; Ontogenetic development; Patagonia; Sauropod embryos; Titanosauria; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; CRETACEOUS; EMBRYO; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

SAUROPODA;

EID: 14744288539     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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