A revision of the sauropod dinosaur genus 'bothriospondylus' with a redescription of the type material of the middle jurassic form 'b. madagascariensis'

Palaeontology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 277-296

  Mannion, Philip D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dinosauria; England; Eusauropoda; Madagascar; Middle Jurassic; Sauropoda

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; JURASSIC; NEW SPECIES; RECONSTRUCTION;

ENGLAND; MADAGASCAR; UNITED KINGDOM;

BRACHIOSAURIDAE; DINOSAURIA; MACRONARIA; SAUROPODA; TITANOSAURIFORMES;

EID: 77952351956     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00919.x     Document Type: Article

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