Soft-tissue preservation in a 95 million year old marine lizard: Form, function, and aquatic adaptation

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 980-985

  Caldwell, Michael W ^a   Sasso, Cristiano Dal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Museo Civico di Storia Naturale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; LIZARD; SOFT TISSUE PRESERVATION;

SQUAMATA;

EID: 11144312408     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0980:SPIAMY]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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