Taxonomy and limb ontogeny of chaohusaurus geishanensis (ichthyosauria), with a note on the allometric equation

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 533-540

  Motani, Ryosuke ^a   You, Hailu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0032356591     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1998.10011080     Document Type: Article

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