A basal sauropodomorph (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the ischigualasto formation (Triassic, Carnian) and the early evolution of Sauropodomorpha

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Martinez, Ricardo N ^a   Alcober, Oscar A ^a  

^a Museo de Ciencias Naturales   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CARNIAN; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; DENTITION; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; MORPHOMETRICS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PANPHAGIA PROTOS; SAUROPODOMORPHA; SKELETON; TRIASSIC;

DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA; SATURNALIA; SAURISCHIA; SAUROPODOMORPHA; THEROPODA;

EID: 84887212547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004397     Document Type: Article

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