A new gigantic sauropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Ruyang, Henan, China

Geological Bulletin of China

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Lu, Jun Chang ^a   Xu, Li ^b   Jia, Song Hai ^b   Zhang, Xing Liao ^b   Zhang, Ji Ming ^b   Yang, Li Li ^b   You, Hai Lu ^a   Ji, Qiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b Henan Geological Museum   (China)

Author keywords

Early Late Cretaceous; Ruyang,Henan, China; Ruyangosaurus; Sauropoda

Indexed keywords

DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA;

EID: 78951481973     PISSN: 16712552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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