Metoposaurid and mastodonsaurid stereospondyls from the Triassic - Jurassic boundary of Portugal

Alcheringa

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-51

  Witzmann, Florian ^a   Gassner, Thomas ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Algarve; Iberian Peninsula; Mastodonsauridae; Metoposauridae; Stereospondyli; Triassic Jurassic boundary

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; FOSSIL; JURASSIC; MORPHOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKULL; TRIASSIC;

AFRICA; ALGARVE; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; CYCLOTOSAURUS; MASTODONSAURIDAE; MASTODONSAURUS; METOPOSAURIDAE; STEREOSPONDYLI;

EID: 41749094079     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510701757316     Document Type: Article

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