Tecovasuchus chatterjeei, a new aetosaur (Archosauria: Stagonolepididae) from the Tecovas Formation (Carnian, Upper Triassic) of Texas

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 308-320

  Martz, Jeffrey W ^a   Small, Bryan J ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CARNIAN; DINOSAUR; NEW SPECIES; PALEONTOLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745628067     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[308:TCANAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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