Thereuodon (Theria, Symmetrodonta) from the Lower Cretaceous of North Africa and Europe, and a brief reivw of symmetrodonts

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 445-470

  Sigogneau Russell, D ^a   Ensom, P ^b,c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Yorkshire Museum   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; MAMMAL; SYMMETRODONT;

EID: 0032100392     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.1998.0115     Document Type: Article

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