Description of a sauropod dinosaur braincase (Titanosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous Rio Colorado Subgroup, Patagonia

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 175-182

  Calvo, Jorge O ^a   Kellner, Alexander W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Academia Brasileira de Ciencias   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Argentina; Braincase; Late Cretaceous; Patagonia; Titanosauridae

Indexed keywords

DINOSAURIA; SALTASAURIDAE; SAUROPODA;

EID: 33644889115     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: 00013765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652006000100015     Document Type: Article

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