Cranial anatomy and taxonomy of Dolichorhynchops bonneri new combination, a Polycotylid (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria) from the pierre shale of Wyoming and South Dakota

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 664-676

  O'Keefe, F Robin ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; MORPHOLOGY; REPTILE; SHALE; SKELETON; TAXONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

ANIMALIA; PLESIOSAURIA; POLYCOTYLIDAE; SAUROPTERYGIA; TRINACROMERUM; TRINACROMERUM BONNERI;

EID: 54849404091     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[664:CAATOD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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