Large dissorophoid skeletal elements from the lower permian richards spur fissures, Oklahoma, and their paleoecological implications

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 456-461

  Sullivan, Corwin ^a   Reisz, Robert R ^a   May, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Oklahoma Museum of Natural History   (United States)

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EID: 0034347709     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0456:LDSEFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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