Reappraisal of the morphology and phylogenetic relationships of the middle Eocene alligatoroid Diplocynodon deponiae (Frey, Laemmert, and Riess, 1987) based on a three-dimensional specimen

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1358-1369

  Delfino, Massimo ^a,b   Smith, Thierry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEONTOLOGIA MIQUEL CRUSAFONT   (Spain)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROCODILIAN; DENTITION; EOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NICHE PARTITIONING; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

DARMSTADT; GERMANY; HESSE; MESSEL;

ALLIGATOROIDEA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DIPLOCYNODON;

EID: 84868598844     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2012.699484     Document Type: Article

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