A new carnivorous cynodont from the Ischigualasto Formation (Late Triassic, Argentina), with comments on eucynodont phylogeny

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 271-284

  Martinez, Ricardo N ^a   May, Cathleen L ^b   Forster, Catherine A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030306243     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1996.10011314     Document Type: Article

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