Marine reptiles from the Late Cretaceous Phosphates of Jordan: Palaeobiogeographical implications

Geodiversitas

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 831-839

  Bardet, Nathalie ^a   Suberbiola, Xabier Pereda ^a,b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chelonii; Crocodyliformes; Jordan; Maastrichtian; Mosasauridae; Palaeobiogeography; Phosphates; Plesiosauria; Reptilia; Ruseifa

Indexed keywords

CHELONIOIDEA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLIFORMES; ELASMOSAURIDAE; HALISAURUS; MOSASAURIDAE; PLESIOSAURIA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0242447291     PISSN: 12809659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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