The titanosaurian dinosaur Atsinganosaurus velauciensis (Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of southern France: new material, phylogenetic affinities, and palaeobiogeographical implications

Díez Díaz, Verónica; Garcia, Géraldine; Pereda Suberbiola, Xavier; Jentgen, Benjamin; Stein, Koen; Godefroit, Pascal; Valentin, Xavier

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The titanosaurian dinosaur Atsinganosaurus velauciensis (Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of southern France: new material, phylogenetic affinities, and palaeobiogeographical implications

Díez Díaz, Verónica; Garcia, Géraldine; Pereda Suberbiola, Xavier et al.

2018 • In Cretaceous Research, 91, p. 429-456

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Atsinganosaurus; Lirainosaurinae; Titanosauria; Late Cretaceous; France; Palaeobiogeography

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Anatomy (cytology, histology, embryology...) & physiology
Earth sciences & physical geography

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Díez Díaz, Verónica; Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin

Garcia, Géraldine; Université de Poitiers

Pereda Suberbiola, Xavier; Universidad del País Vasco

Jentgen, Benjamin ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de géologie > Géologie de l'environnement

Stein, Koen ; Vrije Universiteit Brussel - VUB

Godefroit, Pascal; Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

Valentin, Xavier; Université de Poitiers

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The titanosaurian dinosaur Atsinganosaurus velauciensis (Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of southern France: new material, phylogenetic affinities, and palaeobiogeographical implications

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2018

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Cretaceous Research

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0195-6671

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429-456

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