A new longirostrine dyrosaurid (Crocodylomorpha, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Paleocene of north-eastern Colombia: Biogeographic and behavioural implications for New-World Dyrosauridae

Palaeontology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1095-1116

  Hastings, Alexander K ^a   Bloch, Jonathan I ^a   Jaramillo, Carlos A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Acherontisuchus; Cerrej n; Colombia; Crocodylomorpha; Dyrosauridae; Paleocene; South America

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLADISTICS; CRETACEOUS; CROCODILIAN; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; PALEOCENE;

COLOMBIA;

CONGOSAURUS BEQUAERTI; CROCODYLIFORMES; CROCODYLOMORPHA; DYROSAURIDAE; MESOEUCROCODYLIA; PLACIDA;

EID: 80052885361     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01092.x     Document Type: Article

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