First definitive record of Mesozoic lizards from Madagascar

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 842-856

  Krause, David W ^a   Evans, Susan E ^b   Gao, Ke Qin ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; MESOZOIC; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

CORDYLIDAE; GERRHOSAURIDAE; SCINCOIDEA; SCINCOMORPHA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1342311304     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/9     Document Type: Article

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