Cranial osteology of Guizhouichthyosaurus tangae (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Upper Triassic of China

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 588-597

  Maisch, Michael W ^a   Pan, Xin Ru ^b   Sun, Zuo Yu ^b   Cai, Tao ^c   Zhang, Da Peng ^c   Xie, Jia Lin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Guanling National Geopark of Fossil Biota   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; OSTEOLOGY; REPTILE; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU;

CARINAE; ICHTHYOSAURIA; INCISURA; REPTILIA;

EID: 33749441284     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[588:COOGTR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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