A chroniosuchid from the Triassic of Kyrgyzstan and analysis of chroniosuchian relationships

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 515-530

  Schoch, Rainer R ^a   Voigt, Sebastian ^b   Buchwitz, Michael ^b  

^a STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amniotes; Anthracosaurs; Phylogeny; Reptiliomorpha; Skull; Triassic

Indexed keywords

AMNIOTA;

EID: 77958590012     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00613.x     Document Type: Article

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