A reappraisal of subaqueous flight in mosasaurs

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-167

  Lingham Soliar, Theagarten ^a  

^a PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; EVOLUTION; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; SWIMMING;

AVES; PLIOPLATECARPUS; PLIOPLATECARPUS MARSHI;

EID: 0008411043     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/213/1999/145     Document Type: Article

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