Shape disassociation and inferred heterochrony in a clade of pachypleurosaurs (Reptilia, Sauropterygia)

Paleobiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 504-517

  O'Keefe, F Robin ^a   Rieppel, Olivier ^b   Sander, P Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPTILIA; SAUROPTERYGIA;

EID: 85056259126     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373-25.4.504     Document Type: Article

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