An incomplete Upper Cretaceous titanosaur (Sauropoda) braincase: new insights on the dinosaurian inner ear and endocranium

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 643-648

  Paulina Carabajal, Ariana ^a   Coria, Rodolfo A ^a   Chiappe, Luis M ^b  

^a Museo Carmen Funes   (Argentina)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Braincase; Cretaceous, Patagonia; Inner Ear; Sauropod

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; MORPHOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; SKULL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

DINOSAURIA; LAGENA; SAUROPODA;

EID: 48549097042     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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