On a new peirosaurid crocodyliform from the Upper Cretaceous, Bauru group, southeastern Brazil

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 317-327

  Campos, Diogenes A ^a   Oliveira, Gustavo R ^b   Figueiredo, Rodrigo G ^b   Riff, Douglas ^c   Azevedo, Sergio A K ^b   Carvalho, Luciana B ^b   Kellner, Alexander W A ^b  

^a DNPM   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Instituto de Biologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bauru group; Brazil; Cretaceous; Peirosauridae; Pepesuchus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; DENTITION; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; SKULL;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DENTITION; DINOSAURS; FOSSILS; SKULL;

CROCODYLIFORMES; MESOEUCROCODYLIA;

EID: 79953176669     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: 16782690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652011000100020     Document Type: Article

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