An unusual pliosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Kimmeridgian (Upper Jurassic) of northeastern Mexico

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 240, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 241-270

  Buchy, Marie Céline ^b,c   Frey, Eberhard ^a,d   Salisbury, Steven W ^a,e   Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang ^a,b   López Oliva, José G ^a,f   Götte, Martin ^a  

^a Geologisches Institut ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c Parque Las Maravillas   (Mexico)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Kimmeridgian; Mexico; Pliosauridae; Upper Jurassic

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; JURASSIC; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

PLESIOSAURIA; REPTILIA; SAUROPTERYGIA;

EID: 33746190587     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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