The phylogenetic relationships of sauropod dinosaurs

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-103

  Upchurch, Paul ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cladistic analysis; Evolution; Mesozoic era; Morphology; Sauropodomorpha; Systematics

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EID: 0032219757     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb00569.x     Document Type: Article

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