Observations on Triassic ichthyosaurs. Part XIV: The Middle Triassic mixosaurid Phalarodon major (v. Huene, 1916) from Switzerland and a reconsideration of mixosaurid phylogeny

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 10, 2005, Pages 597-613

  Maisch, Michael W ^a   Matzke, Andreas T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIXOSAURIDAE; MIXOSAURUS; PHALARODON;

EID: 28444495474     PISSN: 00283630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpm/2005/2005/597     Document Type: Article

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