A revision of the dubois crocodylians, gavialis bengawanicus and crocodylus ossifragus, from the pleistocene homo erectus beds of java

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 427-441

  Delfino, Massimo ^a,b   Vos, John De ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Universitt Zrich   (Switzerland)

^c NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROCODILIAN; DENTITION; DISPERSAL; PLEISTOCENE; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; JAVA; SUNDA ISLES;

ALLIGATOR; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS; CROCODYLUS SIAMENSIS; GAVIALIS; HOMO ERECTUS; STEGODON;

EID: 77952258352     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724631003617910     Document Type: Article

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