A new pistosaurid (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the middle Triassic of Nevada and its implications for the origin of the plesiosaurs

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 526-533

  Sander, P Martin ^a   Rieppel, Olivier C ^b   Bucher, Hugo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISIA; REPTILIA; SAUROPTERYGIA;

EID: 0031287151     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1997.10010999     Document Type: Article

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