A new species of the sauropterygian Cymatosaurus from the Lower Muschelkalk of Thuringia, Germany

Palaeontology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 575-589

  Rieppel, Olivier ^a,b   Werneburg, Ralf ^a  

^a Department of Geology ^*  (United States)

^b Naturhistorisches Museum Schloss   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCHELKALK; SAUROPTERYGIAN; TRIASSIC;

GERMANY, THURINGIA;

EID: 0031783584     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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