A nearly complete skeleton of an early juvenile diplodocid (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Lower Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic) of north central Wyoming and its implications for early ontogeny and pneumaticity in sauropods

Historical Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 225-253

  Schwarz, Daniela ^a   Ikejiri, Takehito ^b   Breithaupt, Brent H ^c   Sander, P Martin ^d   Klein, Nicole ^d  

^a NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Wyoming Dinosaur Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diplodocidae; Early juvenile; Late Jurassic; Ontogeny; Sauropod; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; GROWTH; IDENTIFICATION KEY; JURASSIC; JUVENILE; LIMB; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; SKELETON; TAXONOMY;

BIG HORN COUNTY [WYOMING]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

APATOSAURUS; DINOSAURIA; DIPLODOCIDAE; DIPLODOCUS; SAUROPODA;

EID: 34250626437     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: 10292381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912960601118651     Document Type: Article

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