Paleoneurological evidence against a proboscis in the sauropod dinosaur Diplodocus

Geobios

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 215-221

  Knoll, Fabien ^a   Galton, Peter M ^b   López Antoñanzas, Raquel ^c  

^a STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT   (United States)

^c BAYERISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG FÜR PALÄONTOLOGIE UND GEOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dinosauria; Diplodocus; Palaeobiology; Palaeoneuroanatomy; Saurischia; Sauropoda

Indexed keywords

BONE; DINOSAUR; OSTEOLOGY; PALEOBIOLOGY;

DINOSAURIA; DIPLODOCUS; ELEPHANTIDAE; MAMMALIA; SAURISCHIA; SAUROPODA; TAPIRIDAE;

EID: 33645856447     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2004.11.005     Document Type: Article

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