The crocodilian Goniopholis simus from the lower cretaceous of north-western Germany

Special Papers in Palaeontology

Volumn 60, Issue , 1999, Pages 121-148

  Salisbury, S W ^a,b   Willis, P M A ^c   Peitz, S ^d   Sander, P M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^c Quinkana Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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