Terminonatator ponteixensis, a new elasmosaur (reptilia; sauropterygia) from the upper cretaceous of Saskatchewan

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-103

  Sato, Tamaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; MORPHOLOGY; OSTEOLOGY; SKULL; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

CANADA;

PLESIOSAURIA; REPTILIA; SAUROPTERYGIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037985632     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2003)23[89:TPANES]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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