The Lower Cretaceous lizard genus Chometokadmon from Italy

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 673-683

  Evans, Susan E ^a   Raia, Pasquale ^b   Barbera, Carmela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anguimorphs; Cretaceous; Italy; Lizards; Pietraroia; Squamata

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LIZARD; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY;

BENEVENTO; CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PIETRAROIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANGUIMORPHA; CHOMETOKADMON; COSTASAURUS; SPHENODONTIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748692212     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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