First record of placodontoidea (reptilia, sauropterygia, placodontia) from the eastern tethys

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 904-908

  Jiang, Da Yong ^a   Motani, Ryosuke ^b   Hao, Wei Cheng ^a   Rieppel, Olivier ^c   Sun, Yuan Lin ^a   Schmitz, Lars ^b   Sun, Zuo Yu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESOZOIC; REPTILE; TAXONOMY;

PLACODONTIA; REPTILIA; SAUROPTERYGIA;

EID: 54849426212     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[904:FROPRS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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