Skull anatomy of dakosaurus andiniensis (thalattosuchia: Crocodylomorpha) and the phylogenetic position of thalattosuchia

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-197

  Pol, Diego ^a   Gasparini, Zulma ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Crocodyliformes; Jurassic; Longirostry; Metriorhynchidae; Phylogeny; Ziphodont

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BASIN; CRETACEOUS; EXTINCTION; JURASSIC; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NESTEDNESS; NEW TAXON; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

CROCODYLIFORMES; CROCODYLOMORPHA; METRIORHYNCHIDAE; THALATTOSUCHIA;

EID: 68349154109     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477201908002605     Document Type: Article

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