Re-evaluation of the type material of "Diasemesaurus occidentalis" Ameghino and "Dibolosodon typicus" Ameghino (Squamata: Teiidae) from the Miocene of Argentina

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 253-257

  Brizuela, Santiago ^a   Albino, Adriana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; LIZARD; MIOCENE; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

SQUAMATA; TEIIDAE;

EID: 42149125482     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[253:ROTTMO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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