Description of a nearly complete juvenile skull of diplodocus (Sauropoda: Diplodocoidea) from the Late Jurassic of North America

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 442-457

  Whitlock, John A ^a   Wilson, Jeffrey A ^a   Lamanna, Matthew C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; DINOSAUR; JURASSIC; JUVENILE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; ONTOGENY; SKULL; TOOTH;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; DINOSAURIA; DIPLODOCUS; SAUROPODA; SAUROPODOMORPHA;

EID: 77952270519     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724631003617647     Document Type: Article

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