Taphonomy of the south Brazilian Triassic herpetofauna: Fossilization mode and implications for morphological studies

Lethaia

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 335-345

  Holz, Michael ^a   Schultz, Cesar Leandro ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Otaphonotny; Paleoclimatology; Parana Basin; Petrography; Triassic; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037494245     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1998.tb00523.x     Document Type: Article

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