Osteology of gobiderma pulchrum (monstersauria, lepidosauria, reptilia)

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Volumn , Issue 362, 2011, Pages 1-88

  Conrad, Jack L ^a,b   Rieppel, Olivier ^c   Gauthier, Jacques A ^d   Norell, Mark A ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGUIMORPHA; DINOSAURIA; HELODERMATIDAE; LEPIDOSAURIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; THEROPODA;

EID: 84855427084     PISSN: 00030090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/740.1     Document Type: Article

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