Recent mosasaur discoveries from New Jersey and Delaware, USA: Stratigraphy, taphonomy and implications for mosasaur extinction

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-245

  Gallagher, William B ^a,b  

^a New Jersey State Museum   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction; Late Cretaceous; Mosasaurs; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; EXTINCTION; REPTILE;

DELAWARE; NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES);

EID: 27644490321     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016774600021028     Document Type: Article

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