A redescription of the early archosauromorph Protorosaurus speneri Meyer, 1832, and its Phylogenetic relationships

Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie

Volumn 287, Issue 4-6, 2009, Pages 123-220

  Gottmann Quesada, Annalisa ^a   Sander, P Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Phylogenetic analysis; Prolacertiformes; Protorosaurus; Skull osteology; Upper Permian

Indexed keywords

EID: 76849110774     PISSN: 03750442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1127/pala/287/2009/123     Document Type: Article

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