A complete specimen of mystriosuchus (Reptilia, Phytosayria) from the norian (Late Triassic) of Lombardy (Northern Italy)

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 475-498

  Gozzi, Emanuele ^a   Renesto, Silvio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Description; Late Triassic; Mystriosuchiis; New specimen; Northern Italy; Phytosauria; Reptilia; Taxonomic assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844297150     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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