Pantydraco n. gen. for Thecodontosaurus caducus YATES, 2003, a basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Upper Triassic or Lower Jurassic of South Wales, UK

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-125

  Galton, Peter M ^a,b   Yates, Adam M ^a,c   Kermack, Diane ^a  

^a University of Bridgeport ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Britain; Pantydraco; Sauropodomorpha; Taxonomy; Thecodontosaurus; Upper triassic

Indexed keywords

BONE; CLADISTICS; DINOSAUR; JURASSIC; JUVENILE; NEW GENUS; TRIASSIC;

SOUTH WALES; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

DINOSAURIA; SATURNALIA TUPINIQUIM; SAUROPODOMORPHA;

EID: 34247576764     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2007/0243-0119     Document Type: Article

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