Late Jurassic Sunosuchus (Crocodylomorpha, Neosuchia) from the Qigu formation in the Junggar Basin (Xinjiang, China)

Fossil Record

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-69

  Schellhorn, Rico ^a   Schwarz Wings, Daniela ^b   Maisch, Michael W ^a   Wings, Oliver ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archosauria; Cervical region; Liuhuanggou; Oxfordian; Skull

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954725934     PISSN: 10533389     EISSN: 18601014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mmng.200800010     Document Type: Article

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