Redescription of Woolungasaurus glendowerensis (Plesiosauria: Elasmosauridae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Northeast Queensland

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 713-731

  Sachs, Sven ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elasmosauridae; Lower Cretaceous; Northeast Queensland; Plesiosauria; Styxosaurus; Woolungasaurus

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; MORPHOLOGY;

ELASMOSAURIDAE; PLESIOSAURIA;

EID: 3943091104     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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