A new tritylodontid from the Upper Jurassic Shishugou Formation of the Junggar Basin (Xinjiang, NW China)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 649-656

  Maisch, Michael W ^a   Matzke, Andreas T ^a   Sun, Ge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; NEW SPECIES;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JUNGGAR BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

MAMMALIA; THERAPSIDA;

EID: 5044225296     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0649:ANTFTU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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