A new specimen of Tanystropheus (Reptilia Protorosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Switzerland and the ecology of the genus

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 377-394

  Renesto, Silvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Description; Diapsida; Ladinian (Middle Triassic); Monte S. Giorgio (Switzerland); Morpho functional intepretation; Palaeoecology; Protorosauria; Reptilia; Soft tissue preservation; Tanystropheus

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; REPTILE; TRIASSIC;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; ARAEOSCELIDIA; REPTILIA; SAURIA; TANYSTROPHEUS;

EID: 30744470898     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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