A partial skeleton of the basal mosasaur Halisaurus platyspondylus from the Severn Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Maastrichtian) of Maryland

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 309-316

  Holmes, Robert B ^a   Sues, Hans Dieter ^b  

^a CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; MAASTRICHTIAN; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

HALISAURUS; HALISAURUS PLATYSPONDYLUS; MOSASAURIDAE; PLIOPLATECARPUS; REPTILIA; VARANIDAE;

EID: 0034017204     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000031516     Document Type: Article

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