On the osteology of Tapejara wellnhoferi KELLNER 1989 and the first occurrence of a multiple specimen assemblage from the Santana Formation, Araripe Basin, NE-Brazil

Swiss Journal of Palaeontology - Tập 130 Số 2 - 2011
Kristina Eck1, Ross A. Elgin2, Eberhard Frey2
1Department of Geological Sciences, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
2Department of Geology, State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany

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