New information on Lessemsaurus sauropoides (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the upper Triassic of Argentina

Special Papers in Palaeontology

Volumn , Issue 77, 2007, Pages 223-243

  Pol, Diego ^a   Powell, Jaime E ^b  

^a MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Lessemsaurus; Prosauropoda; Sauropoda; Sauropodomorpha; Triassic

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448967873     PISSN: 00386804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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