Redescription of Aigialosaurus dalmaticus Kramberger, 1892, a Cenomanian mosasauroid lizard from Hvar Island, Croatia

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1821-1834

  Dutchak, Alex R ^a   Caldwell, Michael W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ANATOMICAL INTERPRETATION; PELVIC EVOLUTION;

BIOLOGY;

ANATOMY; CENOMANIAN; LIZARD; PHYLOGENETICS; TURONIAN;

CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; HVAR; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

LESINA; MOSASAURIDAE; MOSASAUROIDEA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34248175261     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-086     Document Type: Article

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