Sauropod histology

The Sauropods: Evolution and Paleobiology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 303-326

  Rogers, Kristina A Curry ^a   Erickson, Gregory M ^b  

^a ST CROIX WATERSHED RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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