A reassessment of the basal dinosaur Guaibasaurus candelariensis, from the Late Triassic Caturrita Formation of south Brazil

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 301-332

  Langer, Max C ^a   Bittencourt, Jonathas S ^a   Schultz, Cesar L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dinosauria; Eusaurischia; Norian; Rio Grande do Sul; Saurischia

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; DINOSAUR; PHYLOGENETICS; TRIASSIC;

BRAZIL; RIO GRANDE DO SUL;

DINOSAURIA; DINOSAUROMORPHA; SATURNALIA TUPINIQUIM; SAURISCHIA; SAUROPODOMORPHA; THEROPODA;

EID: 79959466821     PISSN: 17556910     EISSN: 17556929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S175569101102007X     Document Type: Article

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