A Late Cretaceous tuatara (Lepidosauria: Sphenodontinae) from South America

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 154-160

  Apesteguia S ^a   Jones, M E H ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y ANTROPOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Gondwana; Patagonia; Sphenodon; Sphenodontinae; Tuatara

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; GONDWANA; MESOZOIC; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; REPTILE; TOOTH;

ARGENTINA;

LEPIDOSAURIA; SPHENODON; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS; SPHENODONTIA;

EID: 84855452571     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2011.10.014     Document Type: Article

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