Postcranial axial skeleton of Simosuchus clarki (Crocodyliformes: Notosuchia) from the late cretaceous of madagascar

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 99-121

  Georgi, Justin A ^a   Krause, David W ^b  

^a MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; REPTILE; SKELETON; SKULL; VERTEBRATE;

MADAGASCAR;

CROCODYLIFORMES; CROCODYLOMORPHA; MESOEUCROCODYLIA;

EID: 79251530781     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.519172     Document Type: Article

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