The reptile assemblage from the Moenkopi Formation (Middle Triassic) of New Mexico

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 345-369

  Schoch, Rainer R ^a   Nesbitt, Sterling ^b   Müller, Johannes ^c   Lucas, Spencer G ^d   Boy, Jürgen A ^e  

^a STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diversity; Faunal assemblages; Preservation; Reptiles; Triassic; U.S.A.

Indexed keywords

CONGLOMERATE; FLOODPLAIN; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; REPTILE; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY; TETRAPOD; TRIASSIC;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954798816     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2009/0030     Document Type: Article

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