A reassessment of the taxonomic affinities of the enigmatic tetrapod Anisodontosaurus greeri WELLES 1947 from the Middle Triassic of western North America

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 4, 1998, Pages 212-222

  Hunt, Adrian P ^a   Lucas, Spencer G ^b   Spencer, Patrick S ^c  

^a Mesalands Dinosaur Museum   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPTILIA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 0001677350     PISSN: 00283630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpm/1998/1998/212     Document Type: Article

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