Marine reptiles from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) deposits of White Cliffs, southeastern Australia: Implications of a high latitude, cold water assemblage

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 769-782

  Kear, Benjamin P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cold water; High latitude; Lower Cretaceous; Marine reptiles; White Cliffs

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL; PALEOECOLOGY; REPTILE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ELASMOSAURIDAE; OPHTHALMOSAURIDAE; PLIOSAURIDAE; POLYCOTYLIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 29244441163     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2005.04.006     Document Type: Article

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