A new titanosauriform sauropod (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Early Cretaceous of Central Texas and its phylogenetic relationships

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Rose, Peter J ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cladistics; Cretaceous, Lower; New genus; New species; Sauropod; Titanosauriformes

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

DINOSAURIA; SAURISCHIA; SAUROPODA; TITANOSAURIA; TITANOSAURIFORMES;

EID: 38749110352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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