Pneumatic structures in the cervical vertebrae of the Late Jurassic Tendaguru sauropods Brachiosaurus brancai and Dicraeosaurus

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-78

  Schwarzl, Daniela ^a   Fritsch, Guido ^b  

^a NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachiosaurus; Cervical vertebrae; Computed tomography; Dicraeosaurus; Sauropoda; Vertebral pneumaticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL STRUCTURE AND FORM; DINOSAUR; JURASSIC; TOMOGRAPHY; VERTEBRATE;

BRACHIOSAURIDAE; DICRAEOSAURUS; DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA;

EID: 33746864153     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-006-1177-x     Document Type: Article

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