New information about Irajatherium hernandezi Martinelli, Bonaparte, Schultz & Rubert 2005 (Eucynodontia, Tritheledontidae) from the upper triassic (Caturrita Formation, Paraná Basin) of Brazil

Palaontologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-82

  de Oliveira, Téo Veiga ^a   Martinelli, Agustín G ^b   Soares, Marina Bento ^a  

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

^b Centro de Pesquisas Paleontológicas Llewellyn Ivor Price   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caturrita Formation; Cynodontia; Ictidosauria; Irajatherium; Norian; Triassic; Tritheledontidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953906842     PISSN: 00310220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12542-010-0078-5     Document Type: Article

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