Tylosaurus kansasensis, a new species of tylosaurine (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas, USA

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-240

  Everhart, M J ^a  

^a FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Mosasaur; New species; Niobrara; Tylosaurus kansasensis; Western Interior Sea

Indexed keywords

NEW SPECIES; REPTILE;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CONIACIAN; MOSASAURIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 27644577734     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016774600021016     Document Type: Article

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