Early eusuchia crocodylomorpha from the vertebrate-rich Plattenkalk of Pietraroia (Lower Albian, southern Apennines, Italy)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 163, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Buscalioni, Angela D ^a   Piras, Paolo ^b   Vullo, Romain ^c   Signore, Marco ^d   Barbera, Carmela ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b LEONARDO S P A   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Eusuchia evolution; Hylaeochampsids; Mosaicism; Palaeobiogeography; Palaeoecology; Phylogeny; Pietraroiasuchus

Indexed keywords

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLOMORPHA; EUSUCHIA; HYLAEOCHAMPSIDAE; PACHYCHEILOSUCHUS TRINQUEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84855856721     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00718.x     Document Type: Article

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