Introduction: Monoliths of the Mesozoic

The Sauropods: Evolution and Paleobiology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-14

  Wilson, Jeffrey A ^a   Rogers, Kristina A Curry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ST CROIX WATERSHED RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

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