Crown group lizards (Reptilia, Squamata) from the middle Jurassic of the British Isles

Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie

Volumn 250, Issue 4-6, 1998, Pages 123-154

  Evans, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; Jurassic; Morphology; Squamata; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; JURASSIC; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; REPTILE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0010313248     PISSN: 03750442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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