The back-to-front plesiosaur Cryptoclidus (Apractocleidus) aldingeri from the Kimmeridgian of Milne Land, Greenland

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark

Volumn 55, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-7

  Smith, Adam Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cryptoclidus; Greenland; Jurassic; Plesiosaur; Von Huene

Indexed keywords

EID: 38649118886     PISSN: 00116297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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