A review of aquatic vertebrate remains from the middle-upper triassic Jilh formation of Saudi Arabia

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Kear, Benjamin P ^a,b,d   Rich, Thomas H ^c,d   Vickers Rich, Patricia ^d   Ali, Mohammed A ^e   Al Mufarrih, Yahya A ^e   Matari, Adel H ^e   Al Masary, Abdu M ^e   Halawani, Mohammed A ^e  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e SAUDI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Actinopterygian; Anisian Carnian; Dipnoan; Hybodontiform; Saudi arabia; Sauropterygian; Tethys

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; FOSSIL RECORD; LITERATURE REVIEW; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SURVEY; TETHYS; TRIASSIC; VERTEBRATE;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; SAUDI ARABIA;

ANISIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; HYBODONTIFORMES; HYBODUS; REPTILIA; SAURICHTHYS; SAUROPTERYGIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80055038662     PISSN: 00359211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RS10001     Document Type: Review

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