Live birth in Cretaceous marine lizards (mosasauroids)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1484, 2001, Pages 2397-2401

  Caldwell, M W ^a   Lee, M S Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aigialosaurs; Mosasauroids; Squamates; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; LIZARD; VIVIPARITY;

ARTICLE; LIZARD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE;

CARSOSAURUS; MOSASAUROIDEA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0035824475     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1796     Document Type: Article

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