Osteology of Barapasaurus tagorei (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Early Jurassic of India

Palaeontology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 533-569

  Bandyopadhyay, Saswati ^a   Gillette, David D ^b   Ray, Sanghamitra ^c   Sengupta, Dhurjati P ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Museum Northern Arizona   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Dinosaur; India; Jurassic; Pranhita Godavari Basin; Sauropoda

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; DINOSAUR; JURASSIC; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SKELETON; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

INDIA;

BARAPASAURUS; BARAPASAURUS TAGOREI; DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA; VULCANODON;

EID: 77954173129     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00933.x     Document Type: Article

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