Revision of the Tendaguru sauropod dinosaur Tornieria africana (Fraas) and its relevance for sauropod paleobiogeography

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 651-669

  Remes, Kristian ^a,b  

^a BAYERISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG FÜR PALÄONTOLOGIE UND GEOLOGIE   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; JURASSIC; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; LINDI [TANZANIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; TENDAGURU;

APATOSAURUS; DINOSAURIA; DIPLODOCIDAE; DIPLODOCUS; SAUROPODA;

EID: 33749443196     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[651:ROTTSD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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