Cretaceous diplodocids in Asia? Re-evaluating the phylogenetic affinities of a fragmentary specimen

Palaeontology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 351-364

  Whitlock, John A ^a   D'Emic, Michael D ^a   Wilson, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinosauria; Diplodocoidea; Early Cretaceous; Homoplasy; Phylogenetic systematics; Taxon sampling; Titanosauriformes

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; DISPERSAL; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

ASIA;

DINOSAURIA; DIPLODOCIDAE; SAUROPODA; TITANOSAURIFORMES;

EID: 79952738924     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.01029.x     Document Type: Article

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