In:
Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Vol. 286, No. 5443 ( 1999-11-12), p. 1342-1347
Abstract:
Lower Cretaceous fossils from central Niger document the succession of sauropod dinosaurs on Africa as it drifted into geographic isolation. A new broad-toothed genus of Neocomian age (∼135 million years ago) shows few of the specializations of other Cretaceous sauropods. A new small-bodied sauropod of Aptian-Albian age (∼110 million years ago), in contrast, reveals the highly modified cranial form of rebbachisaurid diplodocoids. Rates of skeletal change in sauropods and other major groups of dinosaurs are estimated quantitatively and shown to be highly variable.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0036-8075
,
1095-9203
DOI:
10.1126/science.286.5443.1342
Language:
English
Publisher:
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Publication Date:
1999
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128410-1
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2066996-3
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2060783-0
SSG:
11
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