Basal crocodyliforms from the Lower Cretaceous Tugulu Group (Xinjiang, China), and the phylogenetic position of Edentosuchus

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 603-622

  Pol, Diego ^a   Ji, Shu an ^b   Clark, James M ^c   Chiappe, Luis M ^d  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Crocodyliformes; Early Cretaceous; Edentosuchus; Protosuchidae; Tugulu Group

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; CRETACEOUS; CROCODILIAN; FOSSIL; PHYLOGENETICS; SKULL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 3442885153     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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