A new species of Kimmeridgian pliosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) and its bearing on the nomenclature of Liopleurodon macromerus

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-24

  Noe L F ^a,b   Smith, D T J ^a   Walton, D I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kimmeridge Clay; Liopleurodon macromerus; Pliosaurus macromerus; Pliosaurus portentificus; Reptilia; Sauropterygia; Tarlo's Contention

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; KIMMERIDGIAN; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; NOMENCLATURE;

CAMBRIDGESHIRE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

REPTILIA; SAUROPTERYGIA;

EID: 2442641396     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(04)80031-2     Document Type: Article

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