Earliest lizard from the late triassic (Carnian) of India

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 795-800

  Datta, P M ^a   Ray, Sanghamitra ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIAN; LIZARD; PALEONTOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

SQUAMATA;

EID: 33846119250     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[795:ELFTLT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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