Archosauriform postcranial remains from the early Triassic karst deposits of southern Poland

Palaeontologia Polonica

Volumn 65, Issue , 2009, Pages 283-328

  Borsuk Białynicka, Magdalena ^a   Sennikov, Andriej G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Basal Archosauriformes; Early Triassic; Microvertebrates; Poland

Indexed keywords

BONE; CAVE DEPOSIT; KARST; REPTILE; SKULL; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC;

POLAND;

ANISIA; ARCHOSAURIFORMES; EUPARKERIA CAPENSIS; REPTILIA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 76849105420     PISSN: 00788562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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