A procolophonid (Parareptilia) from the Owl Rock Member, Chinle Formation of Utah, USA

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Fraser, Nicholas C ^a   Irmis, Randall B ^b,c   Elliott, David K ^b  

^a VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinle Formation; Late Triassic; Parareptilia; Procolophonidae

Indexed keywords

PARAREPTILIA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 27544432035     PISSN: 10948074     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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