Cranial and mandibular osteology of the early triassic archosauriform Osmolskina czatkowicensis from Poland

Palaeontologia Polonica

Volumn 65, Issue , 2009, Pages 235-281

  Borsuk Białynicka, Magdalena ^a   Evans, Susan E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal archosauriformes; Early triassic; Euparkeriids; Poland

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; MORPHOLOGY; OSTEOLOGY; REPTILE; TRIASSIC;

POLAND;

ANISIA; ARCHOSAURIA; ARCHOSAURIFORMES; ERYTHROSUCHIDAE; EUPARKERIA; EUPARKERIIDAE; PROTEROSUCHIDAE;

EID: 76849086267     PISSN: 00788562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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