Anatomy and systematics of the prosauropod dinosaur thecodontosaurus antiquus from the upper triassic of southwest england

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-108

  Benton, Michael J ^a   Juul, Lars ^a,b   Storrs, Glenn W ^a,c   Galton, Peter M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Cincinnati Museum Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT   (United States)

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EID: 0034397247     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0077:AASOTP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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