Taxonomy of Late Jurassic diplodocid sauropods from Tendaguru (Tanzania)

Fossil Record

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-46

  Remes, Kristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Australodocus; Barosaurus; Dinosaur fauna; Diplodocoidea; Flagellicaudata; Sauropoda; Taxonomy; Tornieria

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952247298     PISSN: 10533389     EISSN: 18601014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mmng.200800008     Document Type: Article

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