Placerias (Reptilia, Dicynodontia) from the Upper Triassic of the Newark Supergroup, North Carolina, USA, and its biochronological significance

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 7, 1998, Pages 432-448

  Lucas, Spencer G ^a,b  

^a New Mex Mus of Nat Hist and Sci ^*

^b NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICYNODONTIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0001428496     PISSN: 00283630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpm/1998/1998/432     Document Type: Article

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