A new baurusuchid (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the late cretaceous of Brazil and the phylogeny of Baurusuchidae

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Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Montefeltro, Felipe C ^a   Larsson, Hans C E ^b   Langer, Max C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY TUBE; BAURUSUCHIDAE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORELIMB; JAW; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; SPECIES COMPARISON; TOOTH; UPPER CRETACEOUS; ANIMAL; FOSSIL; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; SEDIMENT; TIME;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CROCODYLIFORMES; MESOEUCROCODYLIA;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960268246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021916     Document Type: Article

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