Postcranial osteology of the first early-stage juvenile skeleton of Plateosaurus trossingensis from the Norian of Frick, Switzerland

Postcranial osteology of the first early-stage juvenile skeleton of Plateosaurus trossingensis from the Norian of Frick, Switzerland

Owing to monospecific mass-accumulation sites in Central Europe, the early-branching sauropodomorph Plateosaurus has one of the best fossil records among dinosaurs. Despite this, early-stage juveniles have been conspicuously absent. However, such specimens are critical in assessing the ontogenetic d...

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Main Authors: Darius Nau, Jens N. Lallensack, Ursina Bachmann, P. Martin Sander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Paleobiology PAS 2020-12-01
Series:Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
Subjects:
dinosauria
sauropodomorpha
morphometrics
morphology
small body size
early ontogeny
triassic
swiss plateau
Online Access:http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app65/app007572020.pdf

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