Dentition of titanosaurs (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the upper cretaceous of río negro province, Argentina: Morphology, implantation and replacement;Dentición de titanosaurios (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) del Cretácico Superior de la provincia de Río Negro, Argentina: Morfología, inserción y reemplazo

Ameghiniana

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-60

  García, Rodolfo A ^a,b   Cerda, Ignacio A ^a,b  

^a INIBIOMA Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anacleto and allen formations; Dentition; Replacement tooth; Titanosaurs

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DENTITION; DINOSAUR; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORPHOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY;

ARGENTINA; RIO NEGRO [ARGENTINA];

DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA;

EID: 77953763275     PISSN: 00027014     EISSN: 18518044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5710/AMGH.v47i1.6     Document Type: Article

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