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The first specimen of Camarasaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from Montana: The northernmost occurrence of the genus.
PLoS One. 2017; 12(5):e0177423.Plos

Abstract

A partial skeleton from the Little Snowy Mountains of central Montana is the first referable specimen of the Morrison Formation macronarian sauropod Camarasaurus. This specimen also represents the northernmost occurrence of a sauropod in the Morrison. Histological study indicates that, although the specimen is relatively small statured, it is skeletally mature; this further emphasizes that size is not a undeviating proxy to maturity in dinosaurs, and that morphologies associated with an individual's age and stature may be more nebulous in sauropods.

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Woodruff DC
Great Plains Dinosaur Museum and Field Station, Malta, Montana, United States of America. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Foster JR
Museum of Moab, Moab, Utah, United States of America.

MeSH

AnimalsDinosaursFossilsMontanaPaleontologySkull

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Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

28562606

Citation

Woodruff, D Cary, and John R. Foster. "The First Specimen of Camarasaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) From Montana: the Northernmost Occurrence of the Genus." PloS One, vol. 12, no. 5, 2017, pp. e0177423.
Woodruff DC, Foster JR. The first specimen of Camarasaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from Montana: The northernmost occurrence of the genus. PLoS One. 2017;12(5):e0177423.
Woodruff, D. C., & Foster, J. R. (2017). The first specimen of Camarasaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from Montana: The northernmost occurrence of the genus. PloS One, 12(5), e0177423. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177423
Woodruff DC, Foster JR. The First Specimen of Camarasaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) From Montana: the Northernmost Occurrence of the Genus. PLoS One. 2017;12(5):e0177423. PubMed PMID: 28562606.
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