The skull of the Early Triassic archosauromorph reptile Prolacerta broomi and its phylogenetic significance

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 335-351

  Modesto, Sean P ^a,b   Sues, Hans Dieter ^a  

^a SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^b CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Archosauromorpha; Phylogeny; Reptilia; Triassic

Indexed keywords

ARAEOSCELIDIA; ARCHOSAURIFORMES; ARCHOSAUROMORPHA; REPTILIA;

EID: 1642289989     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2003.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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