New primitive ichthyosaurian (Reptilia, Diapsida) from the Middle Triassic of Panxian, Guizhou, southwestern China and its position in the Triassic biotic recovery

Progress in Natural Science

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1315-1319

  Jiang, Dayong ^a   Motani, Ryosuke ^b   Hao, Weicheng ^a   Schmitz, Lars ^b   Rieppel, Olivier ^c   Sun, Yuanlin ^a   Sun, Zuoyu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Guizhou; Ichthyopterygia; Ichthyosauria; Middle Triassic; Panxian

Indexed keywords

BIOTICS; GUIZHOU; ICHTHYOPTERYGIUM; ICHTHYOSAURIUM; MARINE REPTILES; MIDDLE TRIASSIC; PANXIAN; REPTILIA; TRIASSIC; TRIASSIC BIOTIC RECOVERIES;

EID: 54549085657     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnsc.2008.01.039     Document Type: Article

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