Bird-like head on a chameleon body: New specimens of the enigmatic diapsid reptile Megalancosaurus from the Late Triassic of Northern Italy

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-179

  Renesto, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Description; Diapsida; Functional Morphology; Late Triassic; Megalancosaurus; New specimens; Northern Italy; Reptilia

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; TRIASSIC;

ITALY;

DIAPSIDA; MEGALANCOSAURUS;

EID: 0033903948     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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