First complete pistosauroid from the Triassic of China

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 501-504

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

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIASSIC; VERTEBRATE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33745606717     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[501:FCPFTT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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