A New Pachypleurosaur from the Early Ladinian Prosanto Formation in the Eastern Alps of Switzerland

Overview

Journal Swiss J Palaeontol

Date 2022 Jul 18

PMID 35844249

Authors

Nicole Klein

Heinz Furrer

Iris Ehrbar

Marta Torres Ladeira

Henning Richter

Torsten M Scheyer

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Abstract

Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13358-022-00254-2.

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