Marine reptiles from the Nanaimo Group (upper Cretaceous) of Vancouver Island

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1591-1603

  Nicholls, Elizabeth L ^a   Meckert, Dirk ^b  

^a ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EARTH SCIENCES;

MARINE REPTILES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; REPTILE;

CANADA;

EID: 0036872706     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e02-075     Document Type: Review

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