The first complete mastodonsauroid skull from the triassic of China: Yuanansuchus Laticeps gen. ET SP. NOV

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 725-728

  Liu, Jun ^a,b   Wang, Yuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; TRIASSIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 30744471161     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0725:TFCMSF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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