A new rauisuchian (archosauria, suchia) from the upper triassic of the Argana Basin, Morocco

Palaeontology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 417-430

  Jalil, Nour Eddine ^a   Peyer, Karin ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Carnian; Morocco; Rauisuchia; Rauisuchidae; Upper Triassic

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CARNIAN; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; NEW TAXON; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; ARGANA BASIN; GUELMIM-ES SMARA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

ARCHOSAURIA; RAUISUCHIA;

EID: 33947187444     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00640.x     Document Type: Article

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