A definite prosauropod dinosaur from the Lower Elliot Formation (Norian: Upper Triassic) of South Africa

Palaeontologia Africana

Volumn , Issue 39, 2003, Pages 63-68

  Yates, Adam M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Lower Elliot Formation; Prosauropoda; Sauropodomorpha; South Africa; Triassic

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; NEW SPECIES; NORIAN;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

DINOSAURIA; EUSKELOSAURUS; EUSKELOSAURUS BROWNI; SAUROPODA; SAUROPODOMORPHA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2542491488     PISSN: 24104418     EISSN: 24104418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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