A new Middle Triassic eosauropterygian (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from southwestern China

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1055-1062

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

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NEW TAXON; REPTILE; TOOTH; TRIASSIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ANISIA; REPTILIA; SAUROPTERYGIA;

EID: 58249095035     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1055     Document Type: Article

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