The early evolution of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaurs
2012/10/26 by MICHAEL D. D'EMIC, Michael D. D’Emic · 277 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Biology #Clade #Cladistics #Cretaceous #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Evolutionary biology #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Laurasia #Mesozoic #Paleontology #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology #Phylogenetic tree #Sister group #Synapomorphy #Taxon #Zoology
paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00853.x
published in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 166(3), 624-671 (Oxford University Press)
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Abstract
D, Michael D., Emic (2012): The early evolution of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaurs. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 166 (3): 624-671, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00853.x, URL: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00853.x
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