Gastroliths in a plesiosaur (sauropterygia) from the allen formation (Campanian-Maastrichtian), RíO Negro Province, Patagonia, Argentina;Gastrolitos en un plesiosaurio (Sauropterygia) de la Formación Allen (Campaniano-Maastrichtiano), provincia de Río Negro, Patagonia, Argentina

Ameghiniana

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 529-536

  Cerda, Ignacio A ^a   Salgado, Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Gastroliths; Late cretaceous; Lithophagy; Patagonia; Plesiosaur

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROSTATICS; PALEOBIOLOGY; PEBBLE; REPTILE;

ARGENTINA; RIO NEGRO [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; SAUROPTERYGIA;

EID: 55349129256     PISSN: 00027014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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