Vertebrate succession in the ischigualasto formation

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 32, Issue , 2012, Pages 10-30

  Martínez, Ricardo N ^a   Apaldetti, Cecilia ^a,b   Alcober, Oscar A ^a   Colombi, Carina E ^a,b   Sereno, Paul C ^c   Fernandez, Eliana ^a,b   Malnis, Paula Santi ^a,b   Correa, Gustavo A ^a,b   Abelin, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84925334762     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2013.818546     Document Type: Article

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