Aetosaurus (Archosauromorpha) from the Upper Triassic of the Newark supergroup, eastern United States, and its biochronological significance

Palaeontology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1215-1230

  Lucas, Spencer G ^a   Heckert, Andrew B ^b   Huber, Phillip ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHRONOLOGY; REPTILE; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC;

UNITED STATES;

AETOSAURUS; ARCHOSAUROMORPHA;

EID: 0032455577     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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