Tupinambine teiids from the middle Miocene of north-western Patagonia (Argentina)

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 425-431

  Brizuela, Santiago ^a   Albino, Adriana María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Miocene; Patagonia; Teiidae; Tupinambinae

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; LIZARD; MIOCENE; NEW RECORD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CROCODILURUS; CURA; SQUAMATA; TEIIDAE; TUPINAMBIS;

EID: 49049090553     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853808785112110     Document Type: Article

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