The oldest African crocodylian: Phylogeny, paleobiogeography, and differential survivorship of marine reptiles through the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 409-421

  Jouve, Stéphane ^a,b   Bardet, Nathalie ^b   Jalil, Nour Eddine ^a   Suberbiola, Xabier Pereda ^c   Bouya, Baâdi ^d   Amaghzaz, Mbarek ^d  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d Centre Minier de Khouribga   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; CROCODILIAN; MAASTRICHTIAN; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SURVIVORSHIP;

AFRICA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; ORIENTAL; OULED ABDOUN BASIN;

ALLIGATOR; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLIFORMES; GAVIALOIDEA; MOSASAURIDAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 47249113897     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[409:TOACPP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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