Redescription of a nearly complete skull of Plateosaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Late Triassic of Trossingen (Germany)

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3727, 2011, Pages 1-58

  Prieto Mrquez, Albert ^a,b   Norell, Mark A ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b BAYERISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG FÜR PALÄONTOLOGIE UND GEOLOGIE   (Germany)

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EID: 82055185858     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/3727.2     Document Type: Article

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