A new lizard (Reptilia: Squamata) with exquisite preservation of soft tissue from the Lower Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-95

  Evans, Susan E ^a   Wang, Yuan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Jehol Biota; Liushusaurus; New taxon; Scalation; Scleroglossa

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; JUVENILE; LIZARD; NEW TAXON; NOMENCLATURE; ONTOGENY; SKELETON; SOFT TISSUE PRESERVATION; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

REPTILIA; SCLEROGLOSSA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77954656989     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772010903537773     Document Type: Article

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