An unusual new archosauriform from the Middle-Late Triassic of southern Brazil and the monophyly of Doswelliidae

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 839-871

  Desojo, Julia B ^a,b   Ezcurra, Martin D ^a   Schultz, Cesar L ^c  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Archeopelta; Archosauriformes; Brazil; Doswelliidae; South America; Tarjadia; Triassic

Indexed keywords

ARCHOSAURIA; ARCHOSAURIFORMES; PROTEROCHAMPSIDAE;

EID: 79952784582     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00655.x     Document Type: Article

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