Titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) osteoderms from the Maastrichtian of Uberaba, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Gondwana Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 473-477

  Marinho, Thiago S ^a,b   Candeiro, Carlos Roberto A ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dinosaur; Late Cretaceous; Osteoderm; Titanosaur; Uberaba

Indexed keywords

BONE; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; MAASTRICHTIAN; SKELETAL REMAINS;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS;

EID: 27644479326     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71149-7     Document Type: Article

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