A new species of Crocodile from Early and Middle Miocene deposits of the lower Orange River Valley, Namibia, and the origins of the Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)

Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia

Volumn , Issue 19, 2003, Pages 51-65

  Pickford, Martin ^a,b  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CROCODILIAN; EXTINCTION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MIOCENE; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; SKULL;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; ORANGE RIVER; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ACACIA KOA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS LLOYDI; CROCODYLUS NILOTICUS;

EID: 3042731783     PISSN: 10184325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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