A new lepidosauromorph reptile from the middle triassic of the dolomites (Nothern Italy)

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 463-474

  Renesto, Silvio ^a   Posenato, Renato ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anisian; Description; Diapsida; Dolomites; Lepidosauromorpha; Middle Triassic; New genus; Northern Italy; Reptilia

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744939744     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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