The pectoral girdle and forelimb anatomy of the stem-sauropodomorph Saturnalia tupiniquim (Upper Triassic, Brazil)

Special Papers in Palaeontology

Volumn , Issue 77, 2007, Pages 113-137

  Langer, Max C ^a   França, Marco A G ^a   Gabriel, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Brazil; Dinosauria; Forelimb; Pectoral girdle; Saturnalia tupiniquim; Triassic

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448987941     PISSN: 00386804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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