A new choristodere (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning Province, China, and phylogenetic relationships of Monjurosuchidae

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 427-444

  Gao, Ke Qin ^a   Fox, Richard C ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chiufotang Formation; Choristodera; Choristoderan phylogeny; Early Cretaceous; Jehol Biota; Osteology

Indexed keywords

REPTILIA; SAURIA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 33745429052     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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