The axial skeleton of Silesaurus opolensis

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1127-1141

  Piechowski, Rafał ^a   Dzik, Jerzy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; SKELETON; SKULL; TRIASSIC; VERTEBRATE;

POLAND;

DINOSAURIA; ILIA;

EID: 77956041062     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.483547     Document Type: Article

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