A new titanosaur sauropod from the Atacama Desert, Chile

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 211-219

  Kellner, Alexander W A ^a   Rubilar Rogers, David ^b   Vargas, Alexander ^c   Suárez, Mario ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Área Paleontologia Museo Nacional de Histioria Natural   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d Museo Paleontógico de Caldera   (Chile)

Author keywords

Atacama desert; Atacamatitan; Chile; Cretaceous; Dinosauria; Titanosauria

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; CHILE; CLASSIFICATION; DINOSAUR; FEMUR; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HUMERUS; SPINE;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CHILE; DINOSAURS; FEMUR; FOSSILS; HUMERUS; SPINE;

DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA; TITANOSAURIA;

EID: 79953176316     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: 16782690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652011000100011     Document Type: Article

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