Tanystropheus cf. T. longobardicus from the early Late Triassic of Guizhou Province, Southwestern China

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1082-1089

  Rieppel, Olivier ^a   Jiang, Da Yong ^b   Fraser, Nicholas C ^c   Hao, Wei Cheng ^b   Motani, Ryosuke ^d   Sun, Yuan Lin ^b   Sun, Zuo Yu ^b  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE; PALEONTOLOGY; REPTILE; SKULL; TRIASSIC; VERTEBRATE;

CHINA; GUIZHOU; YUNNAN;

TANYSTROPHEUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77956037527     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.483548     Document Type: Article

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