A new sauropod dinosaur with prosauropod-like teeth from the Middle Jurassic of Madagascar

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 467-473

  Buffetaut, Eric ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Dinosauria; Madagascar; Middle jurassic; Sauropoda

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; JURASSIC;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA;

EID: 32144455225     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/176.5.467     Document Type: Article

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