Anatomy of the basal titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) Andesaurus delgadoi from the mid-Cretaceous (Albian-early Cenomanian) Río Limay Formation, Neuquén Province, Argentina: Implications for titanosaur systematics

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 155-181

  Mannion, Philip D ^a   Calvo, Jorge O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dinosaur; Evolution; Gondwana; Jurassic; Mesozoic; Sauropodomorph; South America; Titanosauriform; Vertebrate palaeontology

Indexed keywords

DINOSAURIA; MACRONARIA; SAUROPODA; SAUROPODOMORPHA; TITANOSAURIA; TITANOSAURIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84860390573     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00699.x     Document Type: Article

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