A juvenile specimen of Neuquensaurus australis (Dinosauria: Titanosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Argentina: implications for sauropod ontogeny and growth dynamics
- 15 May 2026
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Historical Biology
- Vol. 38 (10) , 1-25
Abstract
The sauropod dinosaurs were the largest terrestrial animals to have inhabited the Earth (Carballido et al., 2017; Upchurch et al., 2004; Wilson, 2002), with an adult body mass exceeding 50 metric t...Keywords
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