A new teiid lizard from the cedar mountain formation (albian–cenomanian boundary) of Utah

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 276-285

  Nydam, Randall L ^a,b,c   Cifelli, Richard L ^a,b  

^a Oklahoma Museum of Natural History   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c Oklahoma City Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW TAXON; ONTOGENY;

UNITED STATES;

ALBIA; DICRODON; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TEIIDAE; TEIUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035982860     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0276:ANTLFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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