Cranial osteology of the sauropterygian Plesiosaurus brachypterygius from the Lower Toarcian of Germany

Palaeontology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-40

  Maisch, Michael W ^a   Rücklin, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; JURASSIC; MORPHOLOGY; OSTEOLOGY; TOARCIAN;

GERMANY;

PLESIOSAURUS; PLESIOSAURUS BRACHYPTERYGIUS; SAUROPTERYGIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034162812     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4983.00117     Document Type: Article

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