Sauropod haemal arches: Morphotypes, new classification and phylogenetic aspects

Historical Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 243-256

  Otero, Alejandro ^a,b   Gallina, Pablo Ariel ^a,b,c   Canale, Juan Ignacio ^b,d   Haluza, Alejandro ^d  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y ANTROPOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^d Área Laboratorio e Investigación   (Argentina)

Author keywords

caudofemoralis longus; forked; Sauropoda; V shaped; Y shaped

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BONE; CLASSIFICATION; DINOSAUR; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA; THEROPODA;

EID: 84856334891     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: 10292381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2011.618269     Document Type: Article

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