Eocene lizard from Jamaica

Herpetologica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 157-161

  Pregill, Gregory K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Eocene; Fossil; Jamaica; Squamata

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032824253     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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