Coniasaurus Owen, 1850 (Reptilia: Squamata), from the Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 589-593

  Shimada, Kenshu ^a,b   Bell Jr , Gorden L ^c  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Guadalupe Mountains National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; PALEONTOLOGY; REPTILE;

KANSAS; NIOBRARA COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33646393793     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2006)80[589:CORSFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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