Late Early Jurassic mammaliaforms from Huizachal Canyon, Tamaulipas, México

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1130-1143

  Montellano, Marisol ^a   Hopson, James A ^b   Clark, James M ^c  

^a Instituto de Geología   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BONE; DENTITION; FOSSIL RECORD; JURASSIC; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; NEW TAXON;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TAMAULIPAS;

CROCODYLIFORMES; SAURIA; SPHENODONTIA; THERAPSIDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 58249137393     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1130     Document Type: Article

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