A new description of the forelimb of the basal sauropodomorph Melanorosaurus: Implications for the evolution of pronation, manus shape and ouadrupedalism in sauropod dinosaurs

Special Papers in Palaeontology

Volumn , Issue 77, 2007, Pages 157-168

  Bonnan, Matthew F ^a   Yates, Adam M ^b  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Evolution; Functional morphology; Manus; Melanorosaurus; Pronation; Sauropoda; Sauropodomorpha

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448943273     PISSN: 00386804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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