A new Jurassic pliosaur from Melville Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 303-320

  Sato, Tamaki ^a,c   Wu, Xiao Chun ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^b CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^c TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

CANADIAN ARCTIC; CURRENT STATUS; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTIONS; JURASSIC; MELVILLE ISLAND; NEW SPECIES; NORTH AMERICA; UNIQUE FEATURES;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING;

ARCHIPELAGO; DINOSAUR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; JURASSIC; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; SKELETON; SKULL;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; MELVILLE ISLAND [QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS]; NORTH AMERICA; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

REPTILIA; RHOMALEOSAURIDAE; SAURIDA; SAUROPTERYGIA;

EID: 46849097405     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E08-003     Document Type: Article

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