Tuarangisaurus Australis sp. nov. (Plesiosauria: Elasmosauridae) from the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern Queensland, with additional notes on the phylogeny of the Elasmosauridae

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 425-440

  Sachs, Sven ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Albian; Elasmosauridae; Lower cretaceous; Plesiosauria; Queensland; Tuarangisaurus

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; SKULL;

ALBIA; ELASMOSAURIDAE; PLESIOSAURIA;

EID: 14044255319     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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