Sauropodomorph dinosaur diversity in the upper Elliot Formation (Massospondylus range zone: Lower Jurassic) of South Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 100, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 501-503

  Barrett, Paul M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DINOSAUR; PALEOECOLOGY; SKULL;

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

DINOSAURIA; EUSKELOSAURUS; SAUROPODOMORPHA;

EID: 23844479500     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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