Aigialosaurs: Mid-Cretaceous varanoid lizards

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 66-86

  Carroll, Robert L ^a   Debraga, Michael ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0002763306     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1992.10011432     Document Type: Article

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