New material of Youngina: Evidence of juvenile aggregation in permian diapsid reptiles

Palaeontology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 289-303

  Smith, Roger M H ^a   Evans, Susan E ^b  

^a IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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