The braincase of Phantomosaurus neubigi (Sander, 1997), an unusual ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic of Germany

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 598-607

  Maisch, Michael W ^a   Matzke, Andreas T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; REPTILE; TRIASSIC;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

AMNIOTA; ANISIA; SANDER; SAURIA;

EID: 33749430377     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[598:TBOPNS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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