Redescription of the skull of saurosuchus galilei (archosauria: Rauisuchidae)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 302-316

  Alcober, Oscar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0034563105     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0302:ROTSOS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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