Salt glands in the fossil crocodile Metriorhynchus

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1009-1010

  Gandola, Robert ^a   Buffetaut, Eric ^b   Monaghan, Nigel ^c   Dyke, Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c National Museum of Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROCODILIAN; FOSSIL RECORD;

ALLIGATOR;

EID: 33846093964     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[1009:SGITFC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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