The 'Giant of Ksour', a Middle Jurassic sauropod dinosaur from Algeria;Le «Géant des Ksour», un dinosaure sauropode du Jurassique moyen d'Algérie

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 707-714

  Mahammed, Farida ^a   Läng, Émilie ^b   Mami, Leïla ^d   Mekahli, Larbi ^c   Benhamou, Miloud ^c   Bouterfa, Boumediène ^c   Kacemi, Ali ^c   Chérief, Sid Ali ^a   Chaouati, Hayate ^a   Taquet, Philippe ^b  

^a SONATRACH   (Algeria)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ORAN   (Algeria)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Algeria; Dinosaurs; Middle Jurassic; Sauropoda

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGY;

DINOSAUR; JURASSIC;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; NORTH AFRICA;

DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA;

EID: 30944458789     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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