New choristoderes (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the upper Cretaceous and Palaeocene, Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada, and phylogenetic relationships of Choristodera

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 303-353

  Gao, Keqin ^a,b   Fox, Richard C ^b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Choristodera; Cretaceous and Palaeocene; Diapsida; Reptilia; Taxonomy and phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ARCHOSAUROMORPHA; CHORISTODERA; IKECHOSAURUS; REPTILIA; SAURIA;

EID: 0032218136     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb00580.x     Document Type: Article

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