Progress and future directions in archosaur phylogenetics

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1185-1201

  Brochu, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; PHYLOGENETICS; TRIASSIC;

ALLIGATOR; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ARCHOSAURIA; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DINOSAURIA; RAUISUCHIA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035728854     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000017236     Document Type: Review

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