An unusual marine crocodyliform from the jurassic-cretaceous boundary of Patagonia

Science

Volumn 311, Issue 5757, 2006, Pages 70-73

  Gasparini, Zulma ^a   Pol, Diego ^b   Spalletti, Luis A ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY;

CROCODYLIFORM; MOLLUSKS; TEETH;

NATURAL SCIENCES;

CROCODILIAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY;

ALLIGATOR; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CRETACEOUS; CROCODYLIFORM; DAKOSAURUS ANDINIENSIS; FACE; JURASSIC; MANDIBLE; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SOUTH AMERICA; TOOTH;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; DENTITION; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; MANDIBLE; MARINE BIOLOGY; MAXILLA; PALEODONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPTILES; SKULL; TOOTH;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALLIGATOR; CARNIVORA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 30344442448     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1120803     Document Type: Article

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