Annotated catalogue of marine squamates (Reptilia) from the Upper Cretaceous of northeastern Mexico

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 195-205

  Buchy, M C ^a,c   Smith, K T ^b   Frey, E ^c   Stinnesbeck, W ^a   Gonzalez Gonzalez A H ^d   Ifrim, C ^a   Lopez Oliva J G ^e   Porras Muzquiz, H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^d Museo del Desierto   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^f Museo de Múzquiz Múzquiz Centro   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aigialosauridae; Catalogue; Mexico; Mosasauridae; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; REPTILE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AIGIALOSAURIDAE; MOSASAURIDAE; MOSASAURUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 27644443747     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016774600020977     Document Type: Article

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