Nothosaurid embryos from the Middle Triassic of northern Italy: An insight into the viviparity of nothosaurs?

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 957-960

  Renesto, Silvio ^a   Lombardo, Cristina ^a   Tintori, Andrea ^a   Danini, Gianluca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Civico Mus Insubrico Storia Nat   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REPTILE; VIVIPARITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1242322157     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/1840-21     Document Type: Article

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