A new titanosaur sauropod dinosaur from the upper cretaceous of North Patagonia, Argentina

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 505-520

  Filippi, Leonardo S ^a   García, Rodolfo A ^b   Garrido, Alberto C ^c  

^a Museo Carmen Funes   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^c Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anacleto Formation; Argentina; Campanian; Cretaceous; Neuqu n Basin; phylogeny; Sauropoda; Titanosauria

Indexed keywords

BONE; CAMPANIAN; CRETACEOUS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS;

PATAGONIA;

DINOSAURIA; EPACHTHOSAURUS; SAUROPODA; TITANOSAURIA;

EID: 80053112787     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2010.0019     Document Type: Article

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