A new species of Lariosaurus (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Middle Anisian (Middle Triassic) of southwestern China

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 242, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-42

  Jiang, Da Yong ^a,b   Maisch, Michael W ^a,c   Sun, Zuo Yu ^a,b   Sun, Yuan Lin ^a,b   Hao, Wei Cheng ^a,b  

^a Peking University ^*

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISIAN; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PALEONTOLOGY; REPTILE; SKELETON; TOOTH;

CHINA;

ANISIA; LARIOSAURUS; REPTILIA; SAUROPTERYGIA;

EID: 33846250381     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/242/2006/19     Document Type: Article

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