Observations on Triassic ichthyosaurs. Part XII. A new Early Triassic ichthyosaur genus from Spitzbergen

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 229, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 317-338

  Maisch, Michael W ^a   Matzke, Andreas T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; FOSSIL RECORD; LIZARD; NEW GENUS; SKULL; TRIASSIC;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ANIMALIA; ICHTHYOSAURIA; QUASIANOSTEOSAURUS VIKINGHOEGDAI;

EID: 1842557320     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/229/2003/317     Document Type: Article

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