The taxonomic and phylogenetic position of the plesiosauroidea from the lower Jurassic Posidonia shale of South-west Germany

Palaeontology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 545-564

  Großmann, Franziska ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrorion brachypterygius; LowerJurassic; Palaeobiogeography; Phylogeny; Plesiosauria; Posidonia shale; Seeleyosaurus guilelmiimperatoris

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; NEW GENUS; NEW TAXON; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; REPTILE; TAXONOMY; TOARCIAN;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

NETTASTOMA; PLESIOSAURIA; PLESIOSAURUS; PLESIOSAURUS BRACHYPTERYGIUS; POSIDONIA;

EID: 34249709912     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00654.x     Document Type: Article

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