A new Triassic marine reptile from southwestern China

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 303-312

  Li, Chun ^a   Rieppel, Olivier ^b   Wu, Xiao Chun ^c   Zhao, Li Jun ^d   Wang, Li Ting ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^d Zhejiang Museum of Natural History   (China)

^e Geological Survey of Guizhou Province   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; REPTILE; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC;

CHINA; LUOPING; YUNNAN;

ANISIA; REPTILIA; SAURIA;

EID: 79953014008     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2011.550368     Document Type: Article

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