A new scincomorph lizard from the Early Cretaceous of Puebla, México

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 183-212

  Reynoso, Victor Hugo ^a,c   Callison, George ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNAM ^*  (United States)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE ZOOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Albian; Biogeography; Cladistics; Early Cretaceous; Mexico; Paramacellodidae; Scincoidea; Scincomorpha; Squamata; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ALBIA; PARAMACELLODIDAE; SCINCOIDEA; SCINCOMORPHA; SPHENODONTIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0034348621     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/zjls.1999.0207     Document Type: Article

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