A new choristodere from the cretaceous of Mongolia

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3468, 2005, Pages 1-22

  Ksepka, Daniel T ^a   Gao, Ke Qin ^a,b   Norell, Mark A ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 31344449419     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2005)468<0001:ANCFTC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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