Author : Paul Upchurch
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (874 download)
Book Synopsis A New Specimen of Apatosaurus Ajax (Sauropoda, Diplodocidae) from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Wyoming, USA by : Paul Upchurch
Download or read book A New Specimen of Apatosaurus Ajax (Sauropoda, Diplodocidae) from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Wyoming, USA written by Paul Upchurch and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1993, a nearly complete postranial skeleton of Apatosaurus was recovered from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic: Kimmeridgian - Tithonian) near Thermopolis, Wyoming (USA). This specimen was purchased by the National Science Museum, Tokyo, where it has been mounted for public display. Description of this new Apatosurus material has yielded additional anatomical data that hve been used to revise the generic diagnosis and species-level taxonomy of the genus.