Drepanosaurid (Reptilia: Diapsida) remains from a Late Triassic fissure infilling at Cromhall Quarry (Avon, Great Britain)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 703-705

  Renesto, Silvio ^a   Fraser, Nicholas C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; REPTILE; TRIASSIC;

CROMHALL QUARRY; ENGLAND (AVON); UNITED KINGDOM;

DIAPSIDA; REPTILIA; SAURIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242627295     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/A1101     Document Type: Article

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