Osteology and phylogenetic relationships of Tehuelchesaurus benitezii (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Jurassic of Patagonia

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 605-662

  Carballido, José L ^a   Rauhut, Oliver W M ^a,b   Pol, Diego ^a   Salgado, Leonardo ^c  

^a MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Camarasauromorpha; Macronaria; Neosauropoda

Indexed keywords

DINOSAURIA; MACRONARIA; SAUROPODA; TITANOSAURIFORMES;

EID: 80053270331     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00723.x     Document Type: Article

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