A new species of Largocephalosaurus (Diapsida: Saurosphargidae), with implications for the morphological diversity and phylogeny of the group

Geological Magazine

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 100-120

  Li, Chun ^a   Jiang, Da Yong ^b   Cheng, Long ^c   Wu, Xiao Chun ^a,d   Rieppel, Olivier ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Wuhan Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^d CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^e FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; marine reptile; morphology; phylogeny; Triassic

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY;

CHINA; DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES; LINGUAL SURFACES; MARINE REPTILES; MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS; PHYLOGENY; TRIASSIC;

BIOLOGY;

MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; REPTILE; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC; TYPE SPECIMEN;

CHINA;

POLYCARPON; REPTILIA; SAURIA; SAUROPTERYGIA;

EID: 84896935080     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001675681300023X     Document Type: Article

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