Feeding behavior of the Gondwanic Crocodylomorpha Mariliasuchus amarali from the Upper Cretaceous Bauru Basin, Brazil

Gondwana Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 139-145

  Nobre, Pedro Henrique ^a   de Souza Carvalho, Ismar ^a   de Vasconcellos, Felipe Mesquita ^a   Souto, Paulo Roberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Crocodylomorpha; Feeding behavior; Mariliasuchus; Notosuchia

Indexed keywords

COPROLITE; CRETACEOUS; CROCODILIAN; FEEDING; GONDWANA; MORPHOLOGY; SHAPE; TOOTH;

BAURU BASIN; BRAZIL;

EID: 36749073869     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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