A lizard from the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian-Valanginian) of Montsec, Catalonia, Spain

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-15

  Evans, Susan E ^a   Lacasa Ruiz, Antoni ^b   Rey, Juan Erill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Institut d'Estudis Ilerdencs   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERRIASIAN; FOSSIL; LIZARD; SKELETON; TAXONOMY; TYPE LOCALITY; VALANGINIAN;

CATALONIA; EL MONTSEC; LERIDA [CATALONIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 0042724749     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/215/2000/1     Document Type: Article

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