The early evolution of archosaurs: Relationships and the origin of major clades

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Volumn , Issue 352, 2011, Pages 1-292

  Nesbitt, Sterling J ^a,b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANISIA; ARCHOSAURIA; ARCHOSAURIFORMES; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLIFORMES; CROCODYLOMORPHA; DINOSAURIA; PHYTOSAURIA; RAUISUCHIA; SPHENOSUCHIA;

EID: 79955776158     PISSN: 00030090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/352.1     Document Type: Article

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