Lariosaurus xingyiensis (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Triassic of China

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 621-634

  Rieppel, Olivier ^a   Li, Jinling ^b   Liu, Jun ^b  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS;

ANATOMY;

BIODIVERSITY;

ANATOMY; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; REPTILE; SKULL; TRIASSIC;

CHINA;

EID: 0041314115     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e02-067     Document Type: Article

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