First occurrence of premaxillary caniniform teeth in the varanoidea: Presence in the extinct mosasaur Goronyosaurus (Squamata: Mosasauridae) and its functional and paleoecological implications

Lethaia

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 187-190

  Lingham Soliar, Theagarten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; REPTILE; TOOTH;

MOSASAURIDAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036323357     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002411602320184033     Document Type: Article

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