Cranial osteology of Iharkutosuchus makadii, a Late Cretaceous basal eusuchian crocodyliform from Hungary

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 248, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 279-299

  Ösi, Attila ^a,b  

^a Research Group for Paleontology ^*

^b DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Archosauria; Eusuchia; Heterodont dentition; Hungary; Late Cretaceous; Skull

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIUM; CROCODILIAN; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SKELETON; TAXONOMY;

HUNGARY;

ANIMALIA; ARCHOSAURIA; CROCODYLIFORMES; EUSUCHIA;

EID: 46649108923     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2008/0248-0279     Document Type: Article

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