High-resolution X-ray computed tomography of an Early Cretaceous gekkonomorph (Squamata) from Öösh (Övörkhangai; Mongolia)

Historical Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 405-431

  Conrad, Jack ^a   Norell, Mark ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; REPTILE; SKULL; TAXONOMY; TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

EUBLEPHARIDAE; GEKKONIDAE; SQUAMATA; TERATOSCINCUS;

EID: 34250798987     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: 10292381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912960600679570     Document Type: Article

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