Extreme postcranial pneumaticity in sauropod dinosaurs from South America

Palaontologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 441-449

  Cerda, Ignacio A ^a   Salgado, Leonardo ^a   Powell, Jaime E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE RÍO NEGRO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Air sac system; Appendicular pneumaticity; Sauropoda; Titanosauria; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869489289     PISSN: 00310220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12542-012-0140-6     Document Type: Article

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