Franz Baron Nopcsa

David B. Weishampel; Oliver Kerscher

doi:10.1080/08912963.2012.689745

Franz Baron Nopcsa

David B. Weishampel, Oliver Kerscher

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	391-544
Number of pages	154
Journal	Historical Biology
Volume	25
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2012.689745
State	Published - 2013

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