New material of the enigmatic reptile Khurendukhosaurus (Diapsida: Choristodera) from Mongolia

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 233-242

  Matsumoto, Ryoko ^a   Suzuki, Shigeru ^b   Tsogtbaatar, Khisigjav ^c   Evans, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HAYASHIBARA BIOCHEMICAL LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Choristodera; Cretaceous; Diapsida; Khurendukhosaurus; Mongolia

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; CRETACEOUS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REPTILE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

ANIMALS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ILIUM; LIFE STYLE; MONGOLIA; REPTILES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GOBI DESERT; MONGOLIA;

CHORISTODERA; REPTILIA; SAURIA;

EID: 58249116547     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0469-6     Document Type: Article

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