A new titanosauriform from the Early Cretaceous Cloverly Formation of Montana

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 36, Issue , 2012, Pages 58-66

  Woodruff, D Cary ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloverly Formation; Montana; Rugocaudia cooneyi; Titanosauriform

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

SAUROPODA; TITANOSAURIFORMES;

EID: 84859832549     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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