First nonavian dinosaur from Lebanon: A brachiosaurid sauropod from the Lower Cretaceous of the Jezzine District

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 440-443

  Buffetaut, Eric ^a   Azar, Dany ^b   Nel, André ^c   Ziadé, Kamil ^d   Acra, Aftim ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

^e Apartment 135   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; SANDSTONE; TOOTH;

ARTICLE; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LEBANON; LOWER CRETACEOUS; NONHUMAN; TOOTH; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; DINOSAURS; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; LEBANON; TOOTH;

ASIA; EURASIA; JEZZINE; LEBANON; LEVANT; LIBAN-SUD; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST;

BRACHIOSAURIDAE; DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33747099704     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0124-z     Document Type: Article

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