A gavialoid crocodylian from the Lower Miocene of Venezuela

Special Papers in Palaeontology

Volumn 71, Issue , 2004, Pages 61-79

  Brochu, Christopher A ^a   Rincón, Ascanio D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Crocodylia; Gavialoidea; Gharials; Miocene; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449974931     PISSN: 00386804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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