A re-evaluation of Chinshakiangosaurus chunghoensis Ye vide Dong 1992 (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha): Implications for cranial evolution in basal sauropod dinosaurs

Geological Magazine

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 247-262

  Upchurch, Paul ^a   Barrett, Paul M ^b   Xijin, Zhao ^c   Xing, Xu ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dentary; Dinosauria; Phylogeny; Sauropoda; Sauropodomorpha.

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY;

DENTARY; DINOSAURIA; PHYLOGENY; SAUROPODA; SAUROPODOMORPHA;

TOOTH ENAMEL;

CLADISTICS; CRANIUM; DINOSAUR; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; TOOTH;

DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA; SAUROPODOMORPHA;

EID: 33947285425     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756806003062     Document Type: Article

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