Mosasaur ascending: The phylogeny of bends

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 341-344

  Rothschild, B M ^a,b,c   Martin, L D ^d  

^a ARTHRITIS CENTER OF NORTHEAST OHIO   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Avascular necrosis; Bends; Mosasaurs; Platecarpus; Shark; Tylosaurus

Indexed keywords

PHYLOGENY; REPTILE;

CHONDRICHTHYES; CLIDASTES PROPYTHON; CONODON; HAINOSAURUS; HALISAURUS; MOSASAURUS; PLIOPLATECARPUS;

EID: 27644520140     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016774600021120     Document Type: Article

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