Cretaceous marine reptiles of Australia: A review of taxonomy and distribution

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 277-303

  Kear, Benjamin P ^a,b  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cretaceous; Current deposits; Distribution; Marine reptiles; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; REPTILE; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA;

ALBIA; CHELONIIDAE; CHELONIOIDEA; CIMOLIASAURIDAE; CRYPTOCLIDIDAE; ELASMOSAURIDAE; OPHTHALMOSAURIDAE; PLIOSAURIDAE; POLYCOTYLIDAE; PROTOSTEGIDAE; REPTILIA; RHOMALEOSAURIDAE; TESTUDINES; VICTORIA;

EID: 0141526362     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6671(03)00046-6     Document Type: Article

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