Fossil lizards from the jurassic kota formation of India

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 299-312

  Evans, Susan E ^a   Prasad, G V R ^b   Manhas, B K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; JURASSIC; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY;

INDIA;

IGUANIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035982866     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0299:FLFTJK]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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