A new species of Xinpusaurus (Thalattosauria) from the Upper Triassic of China

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 80-88

  Jiang, Da Yong ^a   Maisch, Michael W ^b   Sun, Yuan Lin ^a   Matzke, Andreas T ^b   Hao, Wei Cheng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; NEW SPECIES; REPTILE; TRIASSIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU;

NEOTRAGUS MOSCHATUS; REPTILIA; THALATTOSAURIA;

EID: 2442553760     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/1904-7     Document Type: Article

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