The otic capsule of the Middle Triassic ichthyosaur. Mixosaurus from Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland): New evidence on the braincase structure of basal ichthyosaurs

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-210

  Maisch, Michael W ^a   Matzke, Andreas T ^b   Brinkmann, Winand ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Braincase; Grundplan; Ichthyosauria; Middle Triassic; Mixosaurus; Otic capsule

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; ICHTHYOFAUNA; TRIASSIC;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MONTE SAN GIORGIO; SWITZERLAND; TICINO;

AMNIOTA; ICHTHYOSAURIA; MIXOSAURIDAE; MIXOSAURUS; PROCOLOPHON; SAURIA;

EID: 33845357011     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-006-1189-6     Document Type: Article

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