Not just a pretty face: Anatomical peculiarities in the postcranium of Rebbachisaurids (Sauropoda: Diplodocoidea)

Historical Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 165-174

  Apesteguía, Sebastián ^a,b   Gallina, Pablo Ariel ^a,b   Haluza, Alejandro ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y ANTROPOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c Museo Municipal Ernesto Bachmann   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Rebbachisauridae; Torsion movements; Vertebral articulation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; MORPHOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS;

LIMAYSAURUS; MACRONARIA; SAUROPODA;

EID: 77953105834     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: 10292381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912960903411580     Document Type: Article

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