A new polycotylid plesiosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Upper Cretaceous Bearpaw Formation in Saskatchewan, Canada

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 969-980

  Sato, Tamaki ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; PALEONTOLOGY; REPTILE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

POLYCOTYLIDAE; REPTILIA; SAUROPTERYGIA;

EID: 24644449642     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2005)079[0969:ANPPRS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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