A new species of Callawayia (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Late Triassic in Guanling, Guizhou

Geology in China

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 974-982

  Chen, Xiao Hong ^a   Cheng, Long ^a   Sander, P Martin ^b  

^a CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Guanling biota; Guizhou; Ichthyosauria; Late Triassic; Systematical paleontology

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOSSIL RECORD; MICRITE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; REPTILE; SKULL; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANLING; GUIZHOU;

ICHTHYOPTERYGIA; ICHTHYOSAURIA; PELMATOZOA; REPTILIA;

EID: 39449117155     PISSN: 10003657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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