Two new phytosaur species (Archosauria, Crurotarsi) from the Upper Triassic of Southwest Germany

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 8, 2000, Pages 467-484

  Hungerbühler, Axel ^a,b   Hunt, Adrian P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c Mesalands Dinosaur Museum   (United States)

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EID: 0041723335     PISSN: 00283630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpm/2000/2000/467     Document Type: Article

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