On the skull of Massospondylus carinatus Owen, 1854 (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Elliot and Clarens formations (Lower Jurassic) of South Africa

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 239-257

  Sues, Hans Dieter ^a   Reisz, Robert R ^b   Hinic, Sanja ^c   Raath, Michael A ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Clarens Formation; Dinosauria; Elliot Formation; Lower Jurassic; Saurischia; Sauropodomorpha; South Africa

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; JURASSIC;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

DINOSAURIA; SAURISCHIA; SAUROPODOMORPHA;

EID: 15444368239     PISSN: 00974463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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