On Xinpusaurus (Reptilia: Thalattosauria)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 200-204

  Rieppel, Olivier ^a   Liu, Jun ^b  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALEONTOLOGY; REPTILE;

REPTILIA; THALATTOSAURIA; XINPUSAURUS;

EID: 33646397601     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[200:OXRT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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