A review of Australian mosasaur occurrences

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 307-313

  Kear, Ben P ^a,b   Long, J A ^c,d   Martin, J E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^e SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Late Cretaceous; Mosasaurs; Palaeobiogeography

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; REPTILE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

MOSASAURIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 27644490320     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016774600021089     Document Type: Review

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