Furcula-like clavicles in the prosauropod dinosaur Massospondylus

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 466-468

  Yates, Adam M ^a   Vasconcelos, Cecilio C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; MORPHOLOGY;

DINOSAURIA; FURCULA;

EID: 23044437641     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0466:FCITPD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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