The nature of Mauisaurus haasti Hector, 1874 (reptilia: Plesiosauria)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 588-601

  Hiller, Norton ^a,b   Mannering, Al A ^a   Jones, Craig M ^c   Cruickshank, Arthur R I ^d,e  

^a CANTERBURY MUSEUM   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e New Walk Museum   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR;

AUSTRALASIA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; ELASMOSAURIDAE; MAUISAURUS; PLESIOSAURIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 30844441423     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0588:TNOMHH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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