Remains of sauropoda (Reptilia, Saurischia) in the lower cretaceous (Upper Hauterivian/Lower Barremian) Limestones of S W Istria (Croatia)

Geologia Croatica

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 105-134

  Dalla Vecchia, Fabio Marco ^a  

^a Museo Paleontologico Cittadino   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Dinosauria; Diplodocimorpha; Istria (croatia); Sauropoda; Titanosauriformes; Upper hauterivian lower barrcmian

Indexed keywords

EID: 54649084918     PISSN: 1330030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4154/GC.1998.11     Document Type: Article

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