Hindlimb musculature and function of Neuquensaurus australis (Sauropoda: Titanosauria)

Ameghiniana

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 333-348

  Otero, Alejandro ^a   Vizcaíno, Sergio F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

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

Author keywords

Archosauria; Extant phylogenetic bracket; Functional morphology; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIRD; DINOSAUR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LIMB; MUSCLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

ARCHOSAURIA; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; SAUROPODA; TITANOSAURIA;

EID: 52249097856     PISSN: 00027014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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