Nothosaurus yangjuanensis n.sp. (Reptilia, Sauropterygia, Nothosauridae) from the middle Anisian (Middle Triassic) of Guizhou, southwestern China

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 5, 2006, Pages 257-276

  Jiang, Da Yong ^a,b   Maisch, Michael W ^a,c   Hao, Wei Cheng ^a,b   Sun, Yuan Iin ^a,b   Sun, Zuo Yu ^a,b  

^a Peking University ^*

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISIA; REPTILIA; SAUROPTERYGIA;

EID: 33745926569     PISSN: 00283630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpm/2006/2006/257     Document Type: Article

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