Structure of the tail of a phytosaur (reptilia, archosauria) from the Norian (Late Triassic) of Lombardy (Northern Italy)

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 135-144

  Renesto, Silvio ^a   Lombardo, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Archosauria; Caudal vertebrae; Functional morphology; Lombardy (Northern Italy); New specimen; Norian (Late Triassic); Phytosauridae; Reptilia

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; MORPHOLOGY; TRIASSIC;

ITALY;

ARCHOSAURIA; DINOSAURIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0032853524     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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