A new bolosaurid parareptile, Belebey chengi sp. nov., from the Middle Permian of China and its paleogeographic significance

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1169-1174

  Müller, Johannes ^a   Li, Jin Ling ^b   Reisz, Robert R ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bolosauridae; China; Middle Permian; Parareptilia

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CLADISTICS; NEW SPECIES; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PERMIAN; PHYLOGENY; SKELETAL REMAINS; VERTEBRATE;

ARTICLE; BELEBEY CHENGI; CHINA; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REPTILE;

ANIMALS; CHINA; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GEOGRAPHY; MANDIBLE; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REPTILES; SKULL; TOOTH;

ASIA; CHINA; DASHANKOU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU;

AMNIOTA; PARAREPTILIA; THERAPSIDA;

EID: 54349089808     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0438-0     Document Type: Article

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