IDEAN   23403
INSTITUTO DE ESTUDIOS ANDINOS "DON PABLO GROEBER"
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
FIRST BONE RECORD OF TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATES IN THE LOWER PERMIAN OF SOUTH AMERICA
Autor/es:
CISNEROS, JUAN; ANGIELCZYK, KEN; MARSICANO, CLAUDIA; SMITH, ROGER; FROBISCH, JORG; RICHTER, MARTHA
Lugar:
Dallas
Reunión:
Congreso; 75th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology; 2015
Resumen:
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