First Jurassic triconodont from South America

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3580, 2007, Pages 1-17

  Rougier, Guillermo W ^a,b   Garrido, Alberto ^c   Gaetano, Leandro ^d   Puerta, Pablo F ^e   Corbitt, Cynthia ^f   Novacek, Michael J ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c Museo Carmen Funes   (Argentina)

^d MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^e MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 34548171567     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3580[1:FJTFSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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