An unusual new elasmosaurid plesiosaur (Sauropterygia) from the Upper Haumurian (Maastrichtian) of the South Island, New Zealand

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-37

  Hiller, Norton ^a   Mannering, Al A ^a  

^a CANTERBURY MUSEUM   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Elasmosaur; Late Cretaceous; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; DINOSAUR; MAASTRICHTIAN; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WORLD;

ELASMOSAURIDAE; SAUROPTERYGIA;

EID: 21844449416     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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