A new species of mosasaur (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Pierre Shale (lower Campanian) of Manitoba

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 593-606

  Cuthbertson, Robin S ^a   Mallon, Jordan C ^a   Campione, Nicolas E ^a   Holmes, Robert B ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BONE; GEOCHRONOLOGY;

MOSASAUR; PLIOPLATECARPUS NICHOLLSAE; REPTILES; RIB SHAFTS;

ANIMALS;

BONE; CAMPANIAN; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEONTOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

MOSASAURIDAE; PLIOPLATECARPUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34547913077     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E07-006     Document Type: Article

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