Redescription, palaeobiogeography and palaeoecology of Coniasaurus crassidens Owen, 1850 (Squamata) from the Lower Chalk (Cretaceous; Cenomanian) of SE England

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 423-452

  Caldwell, Michael W ^a,b,d   Cooper, John A ^c  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Booth Museum of Natural History   (United Kingdom)

^d CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dolichosaurs; Mosasaurs; Palaeobiogeography; Palaeoecology; Squamates

Indexed keywords

SAUROPTERYGIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0033235181     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1999.tb01380.x     Document Type: Article

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