Redescription of the mongolian sauropod nemegtosaurus mongoliensis nowinski (Dinosauria: Saurischia) and comments on late cretaceous sauropod diversity

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-318

  Wilson, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Evolution; Mesozoic; Palaeobiogeography; Titanosauria; Vertebrate palaeontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898656116     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477201905001628     Document Type: Article

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