A new capitosaur from the middle Triassic of Spain and the relationships within the Capitosauria

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 553-566

  Fortuny, Josep ^a   Galobart, Àngel ^a   Santisteban, Carles De ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anisian; Capitosauria; computed tomographic scanning; Mastodonsauroidea; phylogeny; Spain; Temnospondyli; Triassic

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CLADISTICS; CRANIUM; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW TAXON; PHYLOGENY; TOMOGRAPHY; TRIASSIC;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANISIA; CYCLOTOSAURUS; MASTODONSAURUS; PAROTOSUCHUS; TEMNOSPONDYLI;

EID: 79955866160     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2010.0025     Document Type: Article

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