A new desmatosuchine aetosaur (Archosauria: Suchia) from the upper triassic tecovas formation (Dockum Group) of Texas

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 692-701

  Parker, William G ^a   Stocker, Michelle R ^a,b,d   Irmis, Randall B ^c  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; HISTOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; SKELETON; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC; TYPE SPECIMEN;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ARCHOSAURIA;

EID: 54849418705     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[692:ANDAAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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