A new thalattosuchian crocodyliform from the Tithonian (Upper Jurassic) of northeastern Mexico

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 785-794

  Buchy, Marie Céline ^a   Vignaud, Patrick ^b   Frey, Eberhard ^c   Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang ^a   González, Arturo H González ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UFR SFA   (France)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^d Museo del Desierto   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Geosaurus saltillense sp. nov.; Mexico; Palaeobiogeography; Thalattosuchia; Tithonian

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BRAIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

CRANIUM; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; INVERTEBRATE; ISOLATION EFFECT; MICROFOSSIL; NEW TAXON; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; TITHONIAN;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

CROCODYLIFORMES; INVERTEBRATA; THALATTOSUCHIA;

EID: 33746857274     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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