What pneumaticity tells us about 'prosauropods', and vice versa

Special Papers in Palaeontology

Volumn , Issue 77, 2007, Pages 207-222

  Wedel, Mathew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sacs; Diverticula; Ornithodira; Pneumaticity; Prosauropoda; Saurischia; Sauropodomorpha

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448933147     PISSN: 00386804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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