Proterochampsia: An endemic archosauriform clade from South America

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 379, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-90

  Trotteyn, María Jimena ^a,b   Arcucci, Andrea B ^c   Raugust, Tiago ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CROCODILIAN; ENDEMIC SPECIES; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC; HISTORY; TETRAPOD;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; PARANA BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARCHOSAURIA; ARCHOSAURIFORMES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES);

EID: 84887573031     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP379.23     Document Type: Article

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