A well-preserved fossil amphiumid (Lissamphibia: Caudata) from the Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 700-708

  Rieppel, Olivier ^a   Grande, Lance ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

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EID: 0032218120     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1998.10011099     Document Type: Article

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