A new pachypleurosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the lower Middle Triassic of southwestern China and the phylogenetic relationships of Chinese pachypleurosaurs

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 292-302

  Liu, Jun ^a,b   Rieppel, Olivier ^c   Jiang, Da Yong ^d   Aitchison, Jonathan C ^b   Motani, Ryosuke ^e   Zhang, Qi Yue ^a   Zhou, Chang Yong ^a   Sun, Yuan Yuan ^a,b  

^a CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; REPTILE; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC;

CHINA;

ANISIA; REPTILIA; SAUROPTERYGIA;

EID: 79953012381     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2011.550363     Document Type: Article

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