The evolution of feeding mechanisms in early sauropodomorph dinosaurs

Special Papers in Palaeontology

Volumn , Issue 77, 2007, Pages 91-112

  Barrett, Paul M ^a   Upchurch, Paul ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early Jurassic; Evolution; Herbivory; Late Triassic; Sauropodomorpha

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448930553     PISSN: 00386804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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