A new basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the upper elliot formation (Lower Jurassic) of South Africa

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1032-1045

  Barrett, Paul M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DINOSAUR; FAUNA; JURASSIC; MORPHOLOGY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODOMORPHA;

EID: 75449105012     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0401     Document Type: Article

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