An unusual archosaurian from the marine Triassic of China

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 200-206

  Li, Chun ^a   Wu, Xiao Chun ^b   Cheng, Yen Nien ^c   Sato, Tamaki ^b   Wang, Liting ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^d Geological Survey of Guizhou Province   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COASTAL ZONE; JURASSIC; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OSTEOLOGY; TAPHONOMY; TRIASSIC;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CHINA; EVOLUTION; JURASSIC; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; REPTILE; TRIASSIC;

ANIMALS; CHINA; FOSSILS; PALEONTOLOGY; RIBS; SKULL; TOOTH; VERTEBRATES;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ARCHOSAURIA; CROCODYLUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 33645549930     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0097-y     Document Type: Article

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