A lariosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) Gejiu Formation of Yunnan, China

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 7, 2005, Pages 431-448

  Sun, Zuo Yu ^a   Hao, Wei Cheng ^a   Maisch, Michael W ^b   Pfretzschner, Hans Ulrich ^b   Jiang, Da Yong ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LARIOSAURUS; REPTILIA; SAUROPTERYGIA;

EID: 24644483304     PISSN: 00283630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpm/2005/2005/431     Document Type: Article

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