Ligabuesaurus leanzai gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria, Sauropoda), a new titanosaur from the Lohan Cura Formation (Aptian, Lower Cretaceous) of Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 364-376

  Bonaparte, José F ^a   González Riga, Bernardo J ^b   Apesteguía, Sebastián ^a  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Early Cretaceous; Neuqu n Basin; Patagonia; Sauropod

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SKELETON;

ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN BASIN; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BRACHIOSAURIDAE; CURA; DINOSAURIA; SAURISCHIA; SAUROPODA;

EID: 33744932183     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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