The skull and lower jaw of the holotype of Megalancosaurus preonensis (Diapsida, Drepanosauridae) from the Upper Triassic of Northern Italy

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 247-257

  Renesto, Silvio ^a   Dalla Vecchia, Fabio Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diapsida; Drepanosauridae; Italy; Late Triassic; Megalancosaurus preonensis; Norian; Phylogenetic relationship; Skull description

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; NORIAN; PHYLOGENY; TRIASSIC;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ARCHOSAUROMORPHA; MEGALANCOSAURUS; REPTILIA; SAURIA;

EID: 24744439442     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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