The illusory evidence for Asian brachiosauridae: New material of erketu ellisoni and a phylogenetic reappraisal of basal titanosauriformes

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3700, 2010, Pages

  Ksepka, Daniel T ^a,b   Norell, Mark A ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 77958574050     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/3700.2     Document Type: Article

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