Late Jurassic Squamata and possible Choristodera from the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, Northwest China

Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 275-282

  Richter, Annette ^a   Wings, Oliver ^b,c   Pfretzschner, Hans Ulrich ^b   Martin, Thomas ^d  

^a Abt Wissenschaft und Sammlungen Geowissenschaften   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Junggar Basin; Jurassic; Qigu formation; Squamata Choristodera

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; JURASSIC; LIZARD;

CHINA; JUNGGAR BASIN; URUMQI; XINJIANG UYGUR;

CHORISTODERA; PARAMACELLODIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 78149407954     PISSN: 18671594     EISSN: 18671608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12549-010-0037-x     Document Type: Article

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