The axial skeleton of the dinosaur Suuwassea emilieae (Sauropoda: Flagellicaudata) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Montana, USA

Palaeontology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1091-1121

  Harris, Jerald D ^a  

^a DIXIE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diplodocoidea; Flagellicaudata; Late Jurassic; Montana; Morrison Formation; Sauropod; Suuwassea

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; JURASSIC; MORPHOLOGY; SKELETON;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

APATOSAURUS; DINOSAURIA; DIPLODOCUS; SAUROPODA; SUUWASSEA EMILIEAE;

EID: 33748145574     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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