The marine diapsid reptile Endennasaurus from the Upper Triassic of Italy

Palaeontology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-30

  Müller, Johannes ^a,b   Renesto, Silvio ^c   Evans, Susan E ^d  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Italy; Marine; Palaeoecology; Reptiles; Thalattosauriformes; Triassic

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; TRIASSIC;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ENDENNASAURUS; REPTILIA; SAURIA; THALATTOSAURIFORMES;

EID: 13344260662     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2004.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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