Ichthyosaurian eyes: Paleobiological information content in the sclerotic ring of Caypullisaurus (Ichthyosauria, Ophthalmosauria)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 330-337

  Fernandez M S ^a   Archuby, F ^b   Talevi, M ^a   Ebner, R ^c  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c HOSPITAL BRITÁNICO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE; REPTILE;

ICHTHYOSAURIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 23044459559     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0330:IEPICI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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