On Chaliminia musteloides (Eucynodontia: Tritheledontidae) from the late triassic of Argentina, and a phylogeny of ictidosauria

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 442-460

  Martinelli, Agustín G ^a   Rougier, Guillermo W ^b  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; FOSSIL RECORD; MUSTELID; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

MAMMALIA; MAMMALIAFORMES; PACHYGENELUS;

EID: 34447097245     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[442:OCMETF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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