Symmetrodonts from the Late Cretaceous of southern Utah and distribution of archaic mammals in the cretaceous of North America

Brigham Young University Geology Studies

Volumn 44, Issue , 1999, Pages 1-15

  Cifelli, Richard L ^a   Gordon, Cynthia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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