A new Early Cretaceous salamander (Regalerpeton weichangensis gen. et sp. nov.) from the Huajiying Formation of northeastern China

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 551-558

  Zhang, Guilin ^a,b   Wang, Yuan ^a   Jones, Marc E H ^c   Evans, Susan E ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caudate phylogeny; China; Early Cretaceous; Huajiying Formation; Jehol Biota; Salamander

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

CRYPTOBRANCHIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 64149088505     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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