A well-preserved skull of Qianichthyosaurus zhoui Li, 1999 (Reptilia: Lchthyosauria) from the Upper Triassic of China and the phylogenetic position of the toretocnemidae

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 248, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-266

  Maisch, Michael W ^a,b   Jiang, Da Yong ^a,c   Hao, Wei Cheng ^a,c   Sun, Yuan Lin ^a,c   Sun, Zuo Yu ^a,c   Stöhr, Henrik ^a,d  

^a Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; Cranial osteology; Ichthyosaurs; Systematics; Triassic

Indexed keywords

CARNIAN; CRANIUM; DENTITION; OSTEOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; REPTILE; SKELETON; SKULL;

CHINA; GUANLING; GUIZHOU;

MIXOSAURIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 46649110339     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2008/0248-0257     Document Type: Article

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