A new species of Macrocnemus (Reptilia: Protorosauria) from the Middle Triassic of southwestern China and its palaeogeographical implication

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1601-1605

  Li, Chun ^a   Zhao, LiJun ^b   Wang, LiTing ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b Zhejiang Museum of Natural History   (China)

^c Geological Survey of Guizhou Province   (China)

Author keywords

Ladinian; MiddleTriassic; Protorosauria; Terrestrial reptile; Yunnan

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGY;

DORSAL VERTERBRAE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TERRESTRIAL REPTILE; VERTERBRATE FAUNA;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

FOSSIL; LADINIAN; NEW SPECIES; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; REPTILE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TRIASSIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

ANISIA; ARAEOSCELIDIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 35048860267     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-0118-5     Document Type: Article

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