Tithonian marine reptiles of the Western Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Facies and palaeoenvironments

Geobios

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 701-712

  Gasparini, Zulma ^a   Spalletti, Luis ^b   De La Fuente, Marcelo ^a  

^a MUSEO DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b National University of La Plata Centro de Investigaciones Geologicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Facies; Palaeoenvironments; Pliosaurids; Tithonian; Turtles

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; PALAEOENVIRONMENTS; PLIOSAURIDS; TITHONIAN; TURTLES;

ARGENTINA, NEUQUEN BASIN;

EID: 0031396123     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(97)80158-1     Document Type: Article

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