A new crocodilian from the Upper Cretaceous of the San Juan Basin, New Mexico

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-119

  Lucas, Spencer G ^a   Sullivan, Robert M ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b State Museum of Pennsylvania   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; CROCODILIAN; NEW GENUS;

NORTH AMERICA; SAN JUAN BASIN; UNITED STATES;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DENAZINOSUCHUS; GONIOPHOLIS; LEIDYOSUCHUS;

EID: 1342283740     PISSN: 00283630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpm/2003/2003/109     Document Type: Article

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