The first Polish find of Lower Paleocene crocodile Thoracosaurus Leidy, 1852: Geological and palaeontological description

Kwartalnik Geologiczny

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-159

  Zarski, Marcin ^a   Jakubowski, Gwidon ^b   Gawor Biedowa, Eugenia ^a  

^a POLISH GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Crocodile; Lower Paleocene; Lublin upland; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCENE; PALEONTOLOGY; REPTILE; TAXONOMY;

POLAND;

CROCODYLIA; THORACOSAURUS;

EID: 0032462861     PISSN: 00235873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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