Reptilian, therapsid and mammalian teeth from the Upper Triassic of Varangéville (northeastern France)

Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belqique, Sciences de la Terre

Volumn 67, Issue , 1997, Pages 83-102

  Godefroit, Pascal ^a  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Mammals; Reptiles; Teeth; Therapsids; Upper Triassic; Varang ville

Indexed keywords

ARCHOSAUR; ICHTHYOSAUR; MAMMAL; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PHYTOSAUR; PTEROSAUR; TEETH; THERAPSID;

FRANCE, LORRAINE, MEUTHE-ET-MOSELLE, VARANGEVILLE;

EID: 0030830415     PISSN: 03746291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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