A new and typically Jurassic ichthyosaur from the Upper Triassic of British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 24-32

  McGowan, Chris ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICHTHYOSAUR; ICHTHYOSAURUS JANICEPS; JURASSIC; NEW SPECIES; TRIASSIC;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WILLISTON LAKE;

EID: 0029753253     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-003     Document Type: Article

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