A new basal mosasauroid from the Cenomanian (U. Cretaceous) of Slovenia with a review of mosasauroid phylogeny and evolution

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 863-880

  Caldwell, Michael W ^a   Palci, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOMANIAN; EVOLUTION; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REPTILE; SKELETON; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CARSOSAURUS; MOSASAUROIDEA; REPTILIA; YAGUARASAURUS COLUMBIANUS;

EID: 38349062474     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[863:ANBMFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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