Basal sauropodomorpha: Historical and recent phylogenetic hypotheses, with comments on Ammosaurus major (MARSH, 1889)

Special Papers in Palaeontology

Volumn , Issue 77, 2007, Pages 261-289

  Sereno, Paul C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammosaurus; Anchisaurus; Dinosaur; Phylogeny; Prosauropod; Sauropodomorpha

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EID: 36448959093     PISSN: 00386804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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