Re-examination of chuanjiesaurusanaensis (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the middle jurassic chuanjie formation, Lufeng county, Yunnan province, southwest China

Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum

Volumn , Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1-54

  Sekiya, Toru ^a  

^a Zigong Dinosaur Museum   (China)

Author keywords

Chuanjie formation; Chuanjiesaurus anaensis; Lufeng county; Mamenchisauridae; Middle jurassic; Sauropod; Southwest china; Yunnan province

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EID: 84856763680     PISSN: 13475622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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