A new elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the lower cretaceous of queensland, Australia

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 792-805

  Kear, Benjamin P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; NEW SPECIES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ELASMOSAURIDAE; EROMANGASAURUS CARINOGNATHUS;

EID: 32144464194     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0792:ANEPFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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