Evidence for a second species of the ichthyosaur Platypterygius in North America: A new record from the Loon River Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of northwestern Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1291-1295

  Maxwell, Erin E ^a   Caldwell, M W ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY;

ICHTHYOSAUR PLATYPTERYGIUS; MARINE REPTILES; PECTORAL GIRDLE; TAXONOMIC DIVERSITY;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; NEW TAXON; SKULL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CANADA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

PLATYPTERYGIUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 33846233916     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-029     Document Type: Article

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