Pneumaticity, the early years: Wealden Supergroup dinosaurs and the hypothesis of saurischian pneumaticity

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 343, Issue , 2010, Pages 229-236

  Naish, Darren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKELETON; TYPE SPECIMEN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DINOSAURIA; MEGALOSAURUS; REPTILIA; SAURISCHIA; SAUROPODA; SAUROPODOMORPHA; SQUAMATA; THEROPODA;

EID: 77958198214     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP343.13     Document Type: Article

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