Macroevolutionary patterns in the evolutionary radiation of archosaurs (Tetrapoda: Diapsida)

By S. Brusatte, Michael Benton, Graeme T. Lloyd, M. Ruta, Steve C. Wang. Earth and environmental science transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2010

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