A Middle Triassic Vertebrate Fauna from the Jilh Formation, Saudi Arabia

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 201-232

  Vickers Rich, Patricia ^a   Rich, Thomas H ^b   Rieppel, Olivier ^c   Thulborn, Richard A ^d   McClure, Harold A ^e  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FAUNA; FISH; FOSSIL RECORD; GONDWANA; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; REPTILE; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC; VERTEBRATE;

SAUDI ARABIA;

BROSIMUM ALICASTRUM ALICASTRUM; CHONDRICHTHYES; HYBODONTIFORMES; REPTILIA; SAUROPTERYGIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0000006586     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/213/1999/201     Document Type: Article

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