The first crocodyliform from the Chubut Group (Chubut Province, Argentina) and its phylogenetic position within basal Mesoeucrocodylia

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1376-1386

  Leardi, Juan Martín ^a,c   Pol, Diego ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

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

Author keywords

Argentina; Central Patagonia; Crocodyliformes; Lower Cretaceous; Peirosauridae

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GONDWANA; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARGENTINA; CHUBUT; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CROCODYLIFORMES; MESOEUCROCODYLIA;

EID: 70349829258     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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