The vertebrate assemblage of the Late Triassic Canjilon Quarry (northern New Mexico, USA), and the importance of apomorphy-based assemblage comparisons

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1063-1072

  Nesbitt, Sterling J ^a,b   Stocker, Michelle R ^c  

^a Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; REPTILE; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PSEUDOPALATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 58249116711     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1063     Document Type: Review

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