Demandasaurus darwini, a new rebbachisaurid sauropod from the early cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 535-552

  Fernández Baldor, Fidel Torcida ^a,b   Canudo, José Ignacio ^c   Huerta, Pedro ^a,b   Montero, Diego ^a,b   Suberbiola, Xabier Pereda ^d   Salgado, Leonardo ^e  

^a MUSEO DE DINOSAURIOS DE SALAS DE LOS INFANTES   (Spain)

^b Colectivo Arqueológico Paleontológico Salense ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Early Cretaceous; palaeobiogeography; Rebbachisauridae; Sauropoda; Spain; systematic

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; SKELETON;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA;

EID: 80053144833     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2010.0003     Document Type: Article

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