Embryonic skin from Late Cretaceous sauropods (Dinosauria) of Auca Mahuevo, Patagonia, Argentina

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1528-1532

  Coria, Rodolfo A ^a   Chiappe, Luis M ^b  

^a Museo Carmen Funes   (Argentina)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EMBRYO; MORPHOLOGY; SKIN;

ARGENTINA; AUCA MAHUEVO; NEUQUEN; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA;

EID: 36248930069     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/05-150.1     Document Type: Article

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