A new alligator from the upper cretaceous of Canada and the relationships of early eusuchians

Palaeontology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 351-375

  Wu, Xiao Chun ^a,b   Brinkman, Donald B ^c   Russell, Anthony P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^c ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

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