A new species of the sauropsid reptile nothosaurus from the Lower Muschelkalk of the western Germanic Basin, Winterswijk, the Netherlands

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 589-598

  Klein, Nicole ^a   Albers, Paul C H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anisian; Nothosaurus; Ontogeny; Sauropterygia; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ANISIAN; CRANIUM; NEW SPECIES; ONTOGENY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; REPTILE; SKULL;

GERMANIC BASIN; NETHERLANDS;

ANISIA; NOTHOSAURUS JUVENILIS; REPTILIA; SAUROPSIDA; SAUROPTERYGIA;

EID: 77749289230     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2008.0083     Document Type: Article

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