Notes on the axial skeleton of the titanosaur Bonitasaura salgadoi (Dinosauria-Sauropoda)

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Gallina, Pablo A ^a,b  

^a CEBBAD UM   (Argentina)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y ANTROPOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dinosauria; Neural spine; Neurocentral closure; Sauropoda; Titanosauria; Vertebral laminae

Indexed keywords

BONITASAURA SALGADOI; DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA; TITANOSAURIA;

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; AXIS; DINOSAUR; HISTOLOGY; RIB; SPINE;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; AXIS; DINOSAURS; RIBS; SPINE;

EID: 79953223734     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: 16782690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652011005000001     Document Type: Article

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