Skull anatomy of Mussaurus patagonicus (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Late Triassic of Patagonia

Historical Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 125-144

  Pol, Diego ^a   Powell, Jaime E ^b  

^a MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ontogeny; Prosauropoda; Sauropoda; Sauropodomorpha

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; DINOSAUR; ONTOGENY; SKULL; TRIASSIC;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

DINOSAURIA; PLATEOSAURUS; SAUROPODA; SAUROPODOMORPHA;

EID: 34247264310     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: 10292381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912960601140085     Document Type: Article

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