An atoposaurid neosuchian (Archosauria: Crocodyliformes) from the Lower Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia (People's Republic of China)

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 599-605

  Wu, X C ^a,b,d   Sues, H D ^a,c   Brinkman, D B ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHOSAUR; ATOPOSAURIDAE; CRETACEOUS; CROCODYLIFORM; NEOSUCHIAN; REPTILE; THERIOSUCHUS;

CHINA, INNER MONGOLIA, ORDOS BASIN;

EID: 0029729320     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-044     Document Type: Article

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