A new species of Cymbospondylus (Diapsida, Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Nevada and a re-evaluation of the skull osteology of the genus

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 515-538

  Fröbisch, Nadia B ^a,c   Sander, P Martin ^a   Rieppel, Olivier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cymbospondylus; Ichthyosauria; Middle Triassic; Nevada; Palaeontology

Indexed keywords

CYMBOSPONDYLUS; ICHTHYOSAURIA; SAURIA;

EID: 33746848146     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00225.x     Document Type: Article

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