Late cretaceous plesiosaur teeth from Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada

Arctic

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-82

  Vandermark, Deborah ^a   Tarduno, John A ^a   Brinkman, Donald B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axel Heiberg Island; Elasmosaurids; Late Cretaceous; Paleoclimate; Paleoenvironment

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL; JUVENILE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TOOTH;

AXEL HEIBERG ISLAND; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

ELASMOSAURIDAE;

EID: 33645962502     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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