Observations on Triassic ichthyosaurs. Part VI. On the cranial osteology of Shastasaurus alexandrae Merriam, 1902 from the Hosselkus Limestone (Carnian, Late Triassic) of Northern California with a revision of the genus

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-25

  Maisch, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; DINOSAUR; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; OSTEOLOGY; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0002238476     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/217/2000/1     Document Type: Article

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