Overview of Mesozoic crocodylomorphs from the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, Northwest China, and description of isolated crocodyliform teeth from the late Jurassic Liuhuanggou locality

Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 283-294

  Wings, Oliver ^a,b   Schwarz Wings, Daniela ^b   Pfretzschner, Hans Ulrich ^a   Martin, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Jurassic; Mesoeucrocodylia; Qigu Formation; Teeth

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOTYPE; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; JUVENILE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MESOZOIC; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; REPTILE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

CHINA; JUNGGAR BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

CROCODYLIFORMES; CROCODYLOMORPHA; EDENTOSUCHUS TIENSHANENSIS; GONIOPHOLIDIDAE; MESOEUCROCODYLIA; SUNOSUCHUS;

EID: 78149408466     PISSN: 18671594     EISSN: 18671608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12549-010-0033-1     Document Type: Article

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