A new sauropod titanosaur from the Plottier Formation (upper cretaceous) of Patagonia (Argentina)

Geologica Acta

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Filippi, L S ^a   Canudo, J I ^b   Salgado, J L ^c   Garrido, A ^d   Garcia R ^c   Cerda, I ^c   Otero, A ^c  

^a Rincón de los Sauces   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^d Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Coniacian santonian; Late cretaceous; Plottier formation; R o neuqu n subgroup; Titanosauria

Indexed keywords

CONIACIAN; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FAUNA; GONDWANA; SANTONIAN; TOOTH; VERTEBRATE;

PATAGONIA;

CONIACIAN; SAUROPODA; TITANOSAURIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79955859032     PISSN: 16956133     EISSN: 16965728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1344/105.000001648     Document Type: Article

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