The early evolution of postcranial skeletal pneumaticity in sauropodomorph dinosaurs

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-100

  Yates, Adam M ^a,b   Wedel, Mathew J ^c   Bonnan, Matthew F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Museum of Central Australia   (Australia)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

air?sacs; Jurassic; postcranial skeletal pneumaticity; Sauropoda; Sauropodomorpha; South Africa; Triassic

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; JURASSIC; PALEONTOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ANTETONITRUS INGENIPES; DINOSAURIA; PLATEOSAURUS; SAURISCHIA; SAUROPODA; SAUROPODOMORPHA;

EID: 84859085733     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2010.0075     Document Type: Article

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