A new aigialosaur (squamata: Anguimorpha) with soft tissue remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Nuevo León, Mexico

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-94

  Smith, Krister T ^a,b   Buchy, Marie Céline ^a,c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Museo del Desierto   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; NEW SPECIES; SKELETAL REMAINS; TURONIAN; VERTEBRATE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; NUEVO LEON;

ANGUIMORPHA; MOSASAURIDAE; MOSASAUROIDEA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 42149144647     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[85:ANASAW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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