Paleorhinus magnoculus from the Upper Triassic of Morocco: A juvenile primitive phytosaur (Archosauria);Paleorhinus magnoculus du Trias supérieur du Maroc : Un phytosaure (Archosauria) primitif juvénile

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 332, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 831-836

  Fara, Emmanuel ^a   Hungerbühler, Axel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Juvenile; Morocco; Ontogeny; Phytosauria; Triassic

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144254594     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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