Were the basal sauropodomorph dinosaurs Plateosaurus and Massospondylus habitual quadrupeds?

Special Papers in Palaeontology

Volumn , Issue 77, 2007, Pages 139-155

  Bonnan, Matthew F ^a   Senter, Phil ^b  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lamar State College at Orange   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinosauria; Functional morphology; Locomotion; Massospondylus; Plateosaurus; Sauropodomorpha

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348950505     PISSN: 00386804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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