Observations on triassic ichthyosaurs. Part VII. New data on the osteology of Chaohusaurus geishanensis Young & Dong, 1972 from the Lower Triassic of Anhui (China)

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 305-327

  Maisch, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; OSTEOLOGY; REPTILE; SKELETAL REMAINS; TRIASSIC;

ANHUI; CHINA;

CHAOHUSAURUS GEISHANENSIS; GRIPPIA; MIXOSAURIDAE;

EID: 0010855692     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/219/2001/305     Document Type: Article

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