On the cranial structure of a new protosuchid (archosauria: Crocodyliformes) from the mccoy brook formation (lower jurassic) of nova scotia, Canada

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 34-41

  Sues, Hans Dieter ^a,b   Shubin, Neil H ^c   Olsen, Paul E ^d   Amaral, William W ^e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHOSAURIA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 0030306117     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1996.10011281     Document Type: Article

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