Anatomy and phylogeny of the gavialoid crocodylian Eosuchus lerichei from the Paleocene of Europe

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 565-580

  Delfino, Massimo ^a   Piras, Paolo ^b   Smith, Thierry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Crocodylia; Eosuchus; Erquelinnes; Gavialidae; Jeumont; Osmoregulation; Paleocene; Transoceanic dispersal

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CROCODILIAN; PALEOCENE; PHYLOGENY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); GAVIALINAE; GAVIALIS; GAVIALIS GANGETICUS;

EID: 26244437485     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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