Probable turtle from the Upper Triassic of East-Central New Mexico

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 5, 2000, Pages 287-300

  Lucas, Spencer G ^a   Heckert, Andrew B ^b   Hunt, Adrian P ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c Mesalands Dinosaur Museum   (United States)

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EID: 0042684914     PISSN: 00283630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpm/2000/2000/287     Document Type: Article

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