Osteology of the Late Jurassic Portuguese sauropod dinosaurLusotitan atalaiensis(Macronaria) and the evolutionary history of basal titanosauriforms

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society - Tập 168 Số 1 - Trang 98-206 - 2013
Philip D. Mannion1,2, Paul Upchurch3, Rosie N. Barnes3, Octávio Mateus4,5
1Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
2Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstrasse 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany
3Department of Earth Sciences, UCL (University College London), Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
4Department of Earth Sciences (CICEGE-FCT); Universidade Nova da Lisboa; 2829-516 Monte de Caparica Portugal
5Museu da Lourinhã; Rua João Luís de Moura; 2530-157 Lourinhã Portugal

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