A new elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the upper cretaceous of Fukushima, Japan

Palaeontology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 467-484

  Sato, Tamaki ^a,c   Hasegawa, Yoshikazu ^b   Manabe, Makoto ^c  

^a CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^b Gunma Museum of Natural History   (Japan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Biostratigraphy; Cretaceous; Elasmosaur; Japan; Plesiosaur; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; NEW GENUS; NEW TAXON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATION; REPTILE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOSAURIDAE; INOCERAMUS AMAKUSENSIS;

EID: 33646569944     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00554.x     Document Type: Article

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