New material of Phalarodon (reptilia: ichthyosauria) from the triassic of British Columbia and its bearing on the interrelationships of mixosaurs

Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie

Volumn 252, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 1-22

  Nicholls, Elizabeth L ^a   Brinkman, Donald B ^a   Callaway, Jack M ^b  

^a ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

^b TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ichthyosauria; Mixosaurus; Phalarodon; Triassic

Indexed keywords

BONE; CRANIUM; FOSSIL; HOMOLOGY; REPTILE; TOOTH; TRIASSIC;

ALBERTA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SULPHUR MOUNTAIN; WAPITI LAKE;

EID: 0002855471     PISSN: 03750442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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