A relict basal tetrapod from Germany: First evidence of a Triassic chroniosuchian outside Russia

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-72

  Witzmann, Florian ^a   Schoch, Rainer R ^b   Maisch, Michael W ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bystrowianidae; Chroniosuchia; Germany; Keuper; Triassic

Indexed keywords

PERMIAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TETRAPOD; TRIASSIC;

ARTICLE; CHRONIOSUCHIAN; GERMANY; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TRIASSIC; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; DIAPHYSES; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GERMANY; PALEONTOLOGY; SPINE; VERTEBRATES;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

TETRAPODA;

EID: 36649015543     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0291-6     Document Type: Article

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