Lusitanisuchus, a new generic name for Lisboasaurus mitracostatus (Crocodylomorpha: Mesoeucrocodylia), with a description of new remains from the Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) and Lower Cretaceous (Berriasian) of Portugal

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1259-1271

  Schwarz, Daniela ^a   Fechner, Regina ^b  

^a NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ANGUIMORPH LIZARDS; JAW FRAGMENTS; LUSITANISUCHUS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BERRIASIAN; CROCODILIAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; KIMMERIDGIAN; SKULL; TOOTH;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 10944245292     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E04-059     Document Type: Article

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