Studies on continental Late Triassic tetrapod biochronology. I. The type locality of Saturnalia tupiniquim and the faunal succession in south Brazil

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 205-218

  Langer, Max Cardoso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Late Triassic; Paran Basin; Rio Grande do Sul; Santa Maria Formation

Indexed keywords

TETRAPOD; TRIASSIC;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

DINOSAURIA; SATURNALIA TUPINIQUIM; SAUROPODOMORPHA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 23344445105     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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