Article: Comparative osteohistology of hyperelongate neural spines in the Edaphosauridae (Amniota: Synapsida)
Publication: Palaeontology
Volume:
54
Part:
3
Publication Date:
May
2011
Page(s):
573
–
590
Author(s):
Adam K. Huttenlocker, David Mazierski and Robert R. Reisz
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