Cranial osteology and phylogenetic relationships of Hamadasuchus rebouli (Crocodyliformes: Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Cretaceous of Morocco

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 533-567

  Larsson, Hans C E ^a   Sues, Hans Dieter ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crocodylomorpha; Hamadasuchus; Skull

Indexed keywords

CROCODYLIFORMES; CROCODYLOMORPHA; MESOEUCROCODYLIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 34147151271     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00271.x     Document Type: Article

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