Osteology of the small archosaur Aetosaurus from the upper Triassic of Germany

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 246, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-35

  Schoch, Rainer R ^a,b  

^a Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde ^*

^b STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aetosaurs; Aetosaurus ferratus; Keuper; Osteology; Reconstruction; SW Germany; Systematics; Triassic

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; OSTEOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; REPTILE; TRIASSIC;

GERMANY;

AETOSAURUS;

EID: 38549124954     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2007/0246-0001     Document Type: Article

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