Giant ichthyosaurs of the Early Jurassic

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1011-1021

  McGowan, Chris ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICHTHYOSAUR; JURASSIC; TEMNODONTOSAURUS PLATYODON;

UK, ENGLAND;

EID: 0030461234     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-077     Document Type: Article

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