A new juvenile specimen of guanlingsaurus (ichthyosauria, shastasauridae) from the upper triassic of southwestern China

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 340-348

  Ji, Cheng ^a   Jiang, Da Yong ^a   Motani, Ryosuke ^b   Hao, Wei Cheng ^a   Sun, Zuo Yu ^a   Cai, Tao ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Guanling National Geopark of Fossil Biota   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; JUVENILE; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SKELETON; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC;

CHINA; GUIZHOU;

EID: 84878215495     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2013.723082     Document Type: Article

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