The braincase of a specimen of Proterochampsa Reig (Archosauriformes: Proterochampsidae) from the Late Triassic of Argentina

Palaontologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-17

  Trotteyn, María Jimena ^a,b   Haro, José Augusto ^a,b,c  

^a Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Archosauriformes; Braincase; Ischigualasto formation; Northwestern Argentina; Proterochampsids

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952043066     PISSN: 00310220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12542-010-0068-7     Document Type: Article

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