Speeds and stance of titanosaur sauropods: Analysis of titanopodus tracks from the late cretaceous of Mendoza, Argentina

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 279-290

  Riga, Bernardo J González ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Cretaceous; Sauropoda; Speed; Titanopodus

Indexed keywords

SAUROPODA; TITANOSAURIA;

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; DINOSAURS; FOSSILS; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79953167512     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: 16782690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652011005000002     Document Type: Article

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