What is Geosaurus? Redescription of Geosaurus giganteus (Thalattosuchia: Metriorhynchidae) from the Upper Jurassic of Bayern, Germany

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 551-585

  Young, Mark Thomas ^a,b   De Andrade, Marco Brandalise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cricosaurus; Crocodylia; Dakosaurus; Metriorhynchidae; M rnsheim Formation; Phylogeny; Rhacheosaurus

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLOMORPHA; METRIORHYNCHIDAE; THALATTOSUCHIA;

EID: 70449133939     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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