First record of the rare marine reptile Tholodus schmidi from the Middle Triassic of the southern Alps

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 479-492

  Dalla Vecchia, Fabio Marco ^a  

^a Museo Paleontologico Cittadino   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dentition; Ichthyosauria; Tholodus taxonomic affinity and range

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; NEW RECORD; REPTILE; TRIASSIC;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

CHAOHUSAURUS; ICHTHYOSAURIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3843061542     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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