Vertebrate coprolites from the Triassic of Argentina (Cuyana Basin)

Ameghiniana

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 347-354

  Mancuso, Adriana Cecilia ^a   Marsicano, Claudia ^a   Palma, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Coprolites; Cuyana Basin; Lake deposits; Triassic

Indexed keywords

COPROLITE; FOSSIL; TRIASSIC; VERTEBRATE;

ARGENTINA; CUYANA BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; COELACANTHIDAE; CUYANA; DIPNOI; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 8744248178     PISSN: 00027014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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