Limb osteology and ossification patterns in cryptoclidus (reptilia: Plesiosauroidea) with a review of sauropterygian limbs

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 295-307

  Caldwell, Michael W ^a  

^a Botany Field Museum   (United States)

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EID: 0031285356     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1997.10010976     Document Type: Article

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