New morphological data for Eosaniwa koehni haubold, 1977 and a revised phylogenetic analysis

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 760-769

  Rieppel, Olivier ^a   Conrad, Jack L ^b   Maisano, Jessica A ^c  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; REPTILE;

MOSASAUROIDEA; VARANOIDEA;

EID: 34547130066     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/pleo0022-3360(2007)081[0760:NMDFEK]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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