A new sauropodomorph dinosaur from the early jurassic of patagonia and the origin and evolution of the sauropod-type sacrum

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Pol, Diego ^a   Garrido, Alberto ^b   Cerda, Ignacio A ^c  

^a MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

^b Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales Prof Dr Juan A Olsacher   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Nacjonal del Comahue   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CLADISTICS; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; LOWER JURASSIC; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLESIOMORPHY; SACRUM; SISTER GROUP; ANIMAL; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; TOOTH;

DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA; SAUROPODOMORPHA;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DINOSAURS; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY; SACRUM; TOOTH;

EID: 79251480099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014572     Document Type: Article

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